Where does “doughless” come from?

doughless (English) comes from English dough, from Middle English dow, from Old English dāg, from Proto-Germanic daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóyǵʰos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

doughless (English): Without dough

Definitions

  1. Without dough

Ancestry of “doughless”, step by step

doughless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dough

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoughA thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour...
2Middle EnglishdowAlternative form of dogh
3Old Englishdāgdough
4Proto-Germanicdaigazsoft; that which is formed or kneaded; dough
5Proto-Indo-European*dʰóyǵʰossomething that is kneaded, formed
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

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 dʰeyǵʰ-