Where does “heafodstocc” come from?

heafodstocc (Old English) comes from Old English hēafod, from Proto-Germanic haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European káput- — head.

heafodstocc (Old English): a post on which a criminal's head was placed after a beheading, often used to mark boundaries of land

Definitions

  1. a post on which a criminal's head was placed after a beheading, often used to mark boundaries of land

Ancestry of “heafodstocc”, step by step

heafodstocc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hēafod

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

via Old English stocc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstoccstock, stump; log; stake, post; a post to which a...
2Proto-West Germanic*stokkstick, post
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