Where does “idlehead” come from?
idlehead (English) comes from Middle English idelhed, from Middle English ydel, from Middle English -schipe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
idlehead (English): Idleness; vanity
Ancestry of “idlehead”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | idelhed | vanity |
| 2 | Middle English | ydel | — |
| 3 | Middle English | -schipe | Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns... |
| 4 | Old English | -sċiepe | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
Words derived from “idlehead”