English
shockhead
From shock + head.
Proto-Germanic *skukkaną ‘to move, shake, tremble’
Old Dutch *skokkan ‘to shake up and down’
Middle Dutch schokken ‘to push, jolt, shake’
English shock
Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’
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Proto-Germanic *haubudą ‘head’
Proto-West Germanic *haubud
Old English hēafod ‘head’
Middle English heed ‘head’
English head
Today it means
noun A head of long, unkempt, rough hair.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shockhead”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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