Etymograph

English

headpan

Headpan comes from Middle English heed panne ‘skull’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haubudapannāreconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150hēafodpanne‘skull’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500heed panne‘skull’
  4. Englishtodayheadpan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haubudapannāreconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150hēafodpanne‘skull’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500heed panne‘skull’
  4. Englishtodayheadpan

A compound of head + pan

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 *pannǭ

Proto-West Germanic *pannā

Old English panne ‘pan’

Middle English panne ‘pan’

English pan

Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā

Today it means

noun A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.

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Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā / headpan

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