English

headcloth

Headcloth comes from Old English hēafodclāþ ‘headcloth, headdress’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of head + cloth

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

Proto-Germanic *klaiþą ‘garment’

Proto-West Germanic *klaiþ

Old English clāþ ‘cloth, clothes, covering, sail’

Middle English cloth

English cloth

Every English word from Old English hēafodclāþ

noun Any form of headwear consisting of a piece of material either tied or held in place with a band.

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