Where does “dolthead” come from?
dolthead (English) comes from English dolt, from English dold, from Middle English dold, from Middle English dullen, from Middle English dul, from Old English dol, from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic dulaz.
dolthead (English): A dolt; a fool
Definitions
- A dolt; a fool
Ancestry of “dolthead”, step by step
dolthead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dolt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dolt | A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard; To... |
| 2 | English | dold | stupid, confused |
| 3 | Middle English | dold | — |
| 4 | Middle English | dullen | to make dull |
| 5 | Middle English | dul | dull |
| 6 | Old English | dol | foolish |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *dol | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dulaz | confused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | dwalaz | confused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwel- | — |
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 |