Etymograph

English

headcut

From head + cut.

Formed from head + cut

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 *kutjaną ‘to cut’

Old Norse *kytja

Middle English cutten

English cut

Today it means

noun An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.

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

Etymograph / headcut