attested 1530s, then not again until 1792 (in descriptions of Kentucky), so possibly the modern word is a re-formation; see head (n.) "origin of a river" + water (n.1).
head-shrinker
headsman
headstone
headstrong
heads-up
headwaters
headway
heady
heal
heal-all
healer
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