Where does “boughless” come from?

boughless (English) comes from English bough, from Middle English bough, from Old English bōg, from Proto-Germanic bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus — arm.

boughless (English): Without boughs

Definitions

  1. Without boughs

Ancestry of “boughless”, step by step

boughless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bough

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboughA firm branch of a tree; The gallows
2Middle Englishbough—
3Old Englishbōgarm; shoulder; bough
4Proto-Germanicbōguzupper arm, shoulder
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰāǵʰusarm

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 bʰāǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōguz →Every word from Old English bōg →