Where does “poohead” come from?
poohead (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.
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Definitions
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Ancestry of “poohead”, step by step
poohead 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 poo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | poo | Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of... |
| 2 | English | shampoo | A traditional Indian and Persian body massage... |
| 3 | Urdu | چان٘پو | — |
| 4 | Hindi | चाँपो | inflection of चाँपना : ## second-person plural... |
| 5 | Hindi | चाँपना | to press, to squeeze, to knead; to shampoo; to... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | चपयति | to pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,... |