Where does “heafodwund” come from?

heafodwund (Old English) comes from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wund, from Proto-Germanic wundō, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

heafodwund (Old English): headwound

Definitions

  1. headwound

Ancestry of “heafodwund”, step by step

heafodwund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwundwounded, injured, sore; a wound, an injury
2Proto-West Germanic*wund—
3Proto-Germanicwundōwound
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

via Old English hēafod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhēafodhead; top; source, origin; chief, leader;...
2Proto-Germanichaubudąhead
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáput-head
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wundō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wund →