Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "head" [1][2]. Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & Culturesheafod(Anglo-Saxon) houbit(Old High German) Surname DescendantsHead(English) Haupt(German) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 215. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 165.