Where does “headloss” come from?

headloss (English) comes from English head, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

headloss (English): The difference in pressure between points in a...

Definitions

  1. The difference in pressure between points in a...

Ancestry of “headloss”, step by step

headloss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English head

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheadThe part of the body of an animal or human which...
2English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via English loss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlossThe result of no longer possessing an object, a...
2Middle Englishlōsloss
3Old Englishlosloss; destruction
4Proto-Germaniclusąloss
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewHs-to cut; sever; loose; lose; to cut loose; sever;...
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos