Where does “geslachtloos” come from?

geslachtloos (Dutch) comes from Dutch loos, from Middle Dutch loos, from Old Dutch lōs, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.

geslachtloos (Dutch): asexual, sexless with biological sex

Definitions

  1. asexual, sexless with biological sex

Ancestry of “geslachtloos”, step by step

geslachtloos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch loos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchloosblank, empty; idle; amiss, wrong, problematic
2Middle Dutchloos—
3Old Dutchlōsdeceitful, malicious, false
4Proto-West Germanic*luhslynx
5Proto-Germanicluhsazlynx
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

via Dutch geslacht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgeslachtsex; gender; grammatical gender
2Middle Dutchgeslachte—
3Middle Dutchslachte—
4Old Dutchslahta—
5Proto-Germanicslahtō—
6Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
7Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
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