Where does “head” come from?

Head comes from Middle English heed, Old English hēafod, Proto-Germanic haubudą, and Proto-Indo-European kauput-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kapōlo.

head (English): The part of the body of an animal or human which...

Definitions

  1. The part of the body of an animal or human which...

Ancestry of “head”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “head”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →