Where does “clubhead” come from?
Clubhead derives from English club, from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, from Proto-Germanic haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European kauput-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel-.
clubhead (English): The head of a golf club: the part of the club...
Definitions
- The head of a golf club: the part of the club...
Ancestry of “clubhead”, step by step
clubhead 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 club
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | club | An association of members joining together for... |
| 2 | Middle English | clubbe | An club or baton; A clump or lump; a pile |
| 3 | Old Norse | klubba | cudgel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | klumpô | clasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | glemb- | log, block |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |