English

headstream

From head + stream.

A compound of head + stream

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 *srew- ‘to flow’

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Proto-Germanic *straumaz

Proto-West Germanic *straum

Old English strēam

Middle English streem

Today it means

noun A stream that is the source of a river.

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

Etymograph / headstream