Where does “hēafodeċe” come from?

hēafodeċe (Old English) comes from Old English eċe, from Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic akiz, from Armenian աքիս, from Old Armenian աքիս — weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis".

hēafodeċe (Old English): pain in the head, headache

Definitions

  1. pain in the head, headache

Ancestry of “hēafodeċe”, step by step

hēafodeċe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English eċe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheċeache
2Proto-West Germanic*aki—
3Proto-Germanicakizache, pain
4Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"
5Old Armenianաքիսweasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"

via Old English hēafod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhēafodhead; top; source, origin; chief, leader;...
2Proto-Germanichaubudąhead
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáput-head

Words derived from “hēafodeċe”

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