English
stemhead
From stem + head.
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand, stay’
Proto-Germanic *stamniz ‘stem, tree stalk’
Proto-West Germanic *stamni
Old English stemn
Middle English stem
English stem
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 The top and foremost end of a stem on a marine vessel.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stemhead”. 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.
Etymograph / stemhead