Where does “dayless” come from?

dayless (English) comes from English Day, from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dayless (English): Without day

Definitions

  1. Without day

Ancestry of “dayless”, step by step

dayless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Day

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDayderived from a medieval diminutive of David
2Middle Englishdayday; daylight, sunlight; epoch, age, period
3Old Englishdæġday, daytime
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

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—

Words derived from “dayless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →