English
hoarhead
From hoar + head.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘grey, dark’
Proto-Germanic *hairaz ‘grey’
Proto-West Germanic *hair ‘gray, gray-haired’
Old English hār ‘hoar, hoary, grey, old’
Middle English hor ‘Grey, greyish, grey-white’
English hoar
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
Today it means
noun An old person with grey hair.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hoarhead