English

kraalhead

From kraal + head.

A compound of kraal + head

Old Galician-Portuguese curral

Portuguese curral ‘corral, pen’

Dutch kraal ‘a kraal, corral’

English kraal

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 The traditional leader of a kraal.

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

Etymograph / kraalhead