Where does “brickhead” come from?
brickhead (English) comes from English head, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
brickhead (English): A stubbornly stupid person
Definitions
- A stubbornly stupid person
Ancestry of “brickhead”, step by step
brickhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English Brick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Brick | named after Joseph Brick |
| 2 | English | Bridge | OS grid ref TR1854. Recorded as Brige in 1086 (DB), from |
| 3 | Middle English | brigge | A bridge |
| 4 | Old Norse | bryggja | pier, gangway |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brewwaną | to brew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |