Where does “drearihead” come from?

drearihead (English) comes from Middle English dreryhed, from Middle English -hede, from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

drearihead (English): sadness; dreariness

Definitions

  1. sadness; dreariness

Ancestry of “drearihead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdreryhedsorrowfulness, melancholy
2Middle English-hedeAffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...
3Old English-hād-hood
4Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
5Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiduz →Every word from Middle English -hede →
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