Where does “croakless” come from?

croakless (English) comes from English croak, from Middle English croken, from Old English crācettan, from Proto-Germanic krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

croakless (English): Without a croaking sound

Definitions

  1. Without a croaking sound

Ancestry of “croakless”, step by step

croakless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English croak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcroakA faint, harsh sound made in the throat; The cry...
2Middle EnglishcrokenTo be bent; to curve; To make bent; to crook; To...
3Old Englishcrācettanto croak
4Proto-Germanickrēk-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

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 ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krēk- →Every word from Old English crācettan →