Where does “cocklessness” come from?

cocklessness (English) comes from English cockless, from English cock, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.

cocklessness (English): Lack of a penis

Definitions

  1. Lack of a penis

Ancestry of “cocklessness”, step by step

cocklessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cockless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcocklessWithout a cock; Lacking a cock
2EnglishcockA male bird, "especially:"; A valve or tap for...
3Middle Englishcokrooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic...
4Old Englishcōca cook
5Vulgar Latincocus
6LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
7Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
8EnglishCookA placename
9Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
10Middle High Germankochento cook
11Old High Germankohhōnto cook
12Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
13Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti
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