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Where does “pisshead” come from?

pisshead (English) comes from English -head, 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.

pisshead (English): A person who regularly overindulges in alcoholic...

Definitions

  1. A person who regularly overindulges in alcoholic...

Ancestry of “pisshead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-headUsed to create nouns indicating a state, similar...
2EnglishheadThe part of the body of an animal or human which...
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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