English

scrollhead

From scroll + head.

A compound of scroll + head

Middle English scrowle ‘scroll, document, bill’

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 ornamental piece at the bow of a vessel.

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

Etymograph / scrollhead