heafodwind
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a wind from one of the four chief points of the compass
Etymology
Compound from Old English hēafod (head, top, origin, chief, leader, capital, source) + Old English wind (wind, wrapping, a winding).
Origin
Old English
wind
Gloss
wind, wrapping, a winding
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
風
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *haubudą Proto-Germanic
- *windaz Proto-Germanic
- gewind Old English
- heafdeht Old English
- heafodcirice Old English
- heafodclaþ Old English
- heafodleas Old English
- heafodlic Old English
- heafodling Old English
- heafodmæg Old English
- heafodpanne Old English
- heafodstol Old English
- heafodwund Old English
- heafodædre Old English
- hēafod Old English
- oferheafod Old English
- wind Old English
- windbære Old English
- windig Old English
- windscofl Old English
- hed Middle English
- heed Middle English
- heid Middle English
- winde Middle English