heafod

== Middle English == === Noun === heafod (Early Middle English) alternative form of heed == Old English == === Alternative forms === hēafud — Mercian *hafud === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *káput-. Cognate with Old Frisian hāved, Old Saxon hōƀid, Dutch hoofd, Old High German houbit, Old Norse hǫfuð, and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ). The Germanic source is related to Latin caput and Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), though the Sanskrit cognate doesn't directly come from *káput-, but rather its first element. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fod/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vod] === Noun === hēafod n (anatomy) head late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost" late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL" top captain: head, leader source, origin ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== hafola (top, summit): copp ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: heedEnglish: head, heed, hed (obsolete), 'ead (UK, eye dialect), heead→ Japanese: ヘッド (heddo)Sranan Tongo: edeAukan: edeSaramaccan: hédiScots: heidYola: heade, haade, hade