English
headwound
Headwound comes from Old English hēafodwund ‘a wound in the head’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *haubudawundō.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haubudawundōreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hēafodwund‘a wound in the head’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hæfved-wunde
- Englishearliest quotation 1872headwound
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haubudawundōreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hēafodwund‘a wound in the head’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hæfved-wunde
- Englishearliest quotation 1872headwound
Earliest quotation: 1872, James Payn: “Miladi's injury was pronounced to be the most severe…”
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 *wen- ‘to strive, toil, win’
Proto-Germanic *wundō
Proto-West Germanic *wundu
Old English wund ‘a wound, an injury’
Middle English wund
English wound
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *haubudawundō
Today it means
noun A wound or injury to the head.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *haubudawundō / headwound