beetlehead

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *bautilaz Proto-West Germanic *bautil Old English bīetelder. Old English bȳtel Middle English betel English beetle substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English headder. English -head English beetlehead From beetle + -head. See beetle (“a mallet”).