Where does “wellhead” come from?
Wellhead derives from English well and head, where head traces through Middle English and Old English hēafod to Proto-Germanic hwehwlą and ultimately Proto-Indo-European kauput-.
wellhead (English): The place where a spring breaks out of the...
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- The place where a spring breaks out of the...
Ancestry of “wellhead”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |