English

skunkhead

From skunk + head.

Formed from skunk + head

Proto-Algonquian *šek- ‘to urinate’

Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa

English skunk

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 A surf duck (Melanitta perspicillata).

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

Etymograph / skunkhead