Where does “headship” come from?
Headship derives from Middle English -schipe and Old English -scipe, suffixes denoting state or condition, combined with a noun from Proto-Germanic haubudą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kauput-, kapōlo, and skab-.
headship (English): The position of a head or chief; The position of...
Definitions
- The position of a head or chief; The position of...
Ancestry of “headship”, step by step
| 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 |