Where does “headstock” come from?
Headstock is a compound of head and stock, with stock deriving from Old English stocc, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning wooden post or log.
headstock (English): A headframe; A part of a machine that supports a...
Definitions
- A headframe; A part of a machine that supports a...
Ancestry of “headstock”, step by step
headstock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stock | A store or supply; The capital raised by a... |
| 2 | Italian | stoccata | hit with a sword, especially a tuck; thrust,... |
| 3 | Italian | stoccare | to stock; to strike or thrust with a tuck or... |
| 4 | Italian | stocco | tuck; A rapier, a sword; corn plant after cobs... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stōken | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
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 |