English

headwark

Headwark comes from Old English hēafodwærc ‘pain in the head, headache’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of head + wark

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 *werǵ- ‘to make, work, act’

Proto-Germanic *warkiz ‘pain’

Proto-West Germanic *warki

Old English wærc ‘pain, suffering, anguish’

Middle English werk ‘an action or deed’

English wark

Every English word from Old English hēafodwærc

noun A headache.

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