Where does “prickhead” come from?
prickhead (English) comes from English prick, from Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, from Old English prica, from Proto-Slavic perti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic per-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
prickhead (English): A jerk; a mean or rude person
Definitions
- A jerk; a mean or rude person
Ancestry of “prickhead”, step by step
prickhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prick | A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing;... |
| 2 | Middle English | prikken | to prick, pierce |
| 3 | Old English | prician | to prick |
| 4 | Old English | prica | prick, hole, perforation; point, dot; jot, whit;... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | perti | to push, to press; to oppose |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | per- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |