English

headhigh

From head + high.

A compound of head + high

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-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Today it means

adj Tall so as to reach one's head.

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

Etymograph / headhigh