myEtymology.com: English etymology of skinhead

Etymology of the English word skinhead

the English word skinhead

derived from the English word head

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khaubuthan

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

derived from the English word skin

derived from the Old Norse word skinn

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *skintha-

Dutch skinhead, French skinhead, German Skinhead, Norwegian skinhead, Swedish skinhead