-head
English
suffix
Definitions
- Used to create nouns indicating a state, similar to the suffix -hood.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -hed derived from Old English *-hǣdu (-hood) derived from Proto-Germanic *haidį̄ (state, condition).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haidį̄
Gloss
state, condition
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -heit German
- *(s)kayt- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kāy- Proto-Indo-European
- *haiduz Proto-Germanic
- *haidį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *-hǣd Old English
- *-hǣdu Old English
- -had Old English
- -hād Old English
- had Old English
- hād Old English
- -hed Middle English
- -hod Middle English
- heiðr Old Norse
- -heit Old High German
- heit Old High German
- -heit Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- -heid Old Dutch
- -heit Middle Low German
- -hed Old Saxon