Where does “famigheals” come from?

famigheals (Old English) comes from Old English heals, from Proto-Germanic halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European kólsos.

famigheals (Old English): "foamy-necked," said of a ship

Definitions

  1. "foamy-necked," said of a ship

Ancestry of “famigheals”, step by step

famigheals traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English heals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhealsneck
2Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

via Old English fāmiġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfāmiġfoamy, frothy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos →