English

flinthead

From flint + head, from the grey colour of the head.

A compound of flint + head

Proto-West Germanic *flint

Old English flint

Middle English flynt ‘any of a group of solid stones, especially flint’

English flint

Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’

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Proto-Germanic *haubudą ‘head’

Proto-West Germanic *haubud

Old English hēafod ‘head’

Middle English heed ‘head’

English head

Today it means

noun A bird, the wood stork.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / flinthead