Where does “headshrinker” come from?
headshrinker (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.
headshrinker (English): A psychiatrist
Definitions
- A psychiatrist
Ancestry of “headshrinker”, step by step
headshrinker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English head
| 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 |
via English shrinker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shrinker | Something that makes something else shrink; A... |
| 2 | English | shrink | To cause to become smaller; To become smaller; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | schrynken | To shrivel up or wrinkle; to contract |
| 4 | Old English | sċrincan | to shrivel up |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skrinkwaną | to shrink, pull together, shrivel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sker- | to jump; to turn, to bend; to turn, bend |