Where does “beechless” come from?

beechless (English) comes from English beech, from Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic bōkijā, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

beechless (English): Without beech trees

Definitions

  1. Without beech trees

Ancestry of “beechless”, step by step

beechless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English beech

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeechA tree of the genus "Fagus" having a smooth,...
2Middle Englishbechebeech
3Old Englishbēċebeech
4Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
5Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
6Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →