Where does “headaching” come from?
headaching (English) comes from English headache, from Middle English hevedeche, from Old English hēafodeċe, from Old English eċe, from Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic akiz, from Armenian աքիս, from Old Armenian աքիս — weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis".
headaching (English): Having a tendency to cause a headache
Definitions
- Having a tendency to cause a headache
Ancestry of “headaching”, step by step
headaching traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English headache
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | headache | A pain or ache in the head; A nuisance or... |
| 2 | Middle English | hevedeche | — |
| 3 | Old English | hēafodeċe | pain in the head, headache |
| 4 | Old English | eċe | ache |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *aki | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | akiz | ache, pain |
| 7 | Armenian | աքիս | weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis" |
| 8 | Old Armenian | աքիս | weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis" |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |