Where does “runghead” come from?
runghead (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.
runghead (English): The upper end of a floor timber in a ship
Definitions
- The upper end of a floor timber in a ship
Ancestry of “runghead”, step by step
runghead 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 rung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rung | A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round;... |
| 2 | Old English | hrung | a rung |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hrungō | stake, spoke, rod, spike, rung |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krengʰ- | to turn, bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |