headwark

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromhēafodwærc“pain in the head, headache”
2. Middle English · inherited fromheedwarke
3. English todayheadwark

From Middle English heedwarke, hedewarke, from Old English hēafodwærc (“pain in the head, headache”), equivalent to head + wark. Cognate with Danish hovedvark (“headache”), Swedish huvudvärk (“headache”), Icelandic höfuðverkur (“headache”).