English

headbin

From head + bin.

Formed from head + bin

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

Old English binn ‘crib, manger’

Middle English bynne ‘a manger’

English bin

Today it means

noun An unstable or eccentric person.

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