Etymology

headpan

H4E1A1D2P3A1N1

Today it means: A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head. Full definition →

Middle English heed panne ← Old English hēafodpanne ← Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*haubudapannā
  2. Old English · inherited fromhēafodpanne“skull”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromheed panne
  4. English todayheadpan

From Middle English heed panne, heved pan, from Old English hēafodpanne (“skull”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā, equivalent to head + pan. Cognate with Middle Low German hö̂vetpanne (“head, skull”).

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