Where does “fartless” come from?

fartless (English) comes from English fart, from Middle English ferten, from Old English feortan, from Proto-Germanic fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European perd- — to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind.

fartless (English): Without farts; shitless; very frightened

Definitions

  1. Without farts; shitless; very frightened

Ancestry of “fartless”, step by step

fartless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfartTo emit digestive gases from the anus; to...
2Middle Englishferten—
3Old Englishfeortanto fart
4Proto-Germanicfertanąto break wind, fart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanperd-to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind

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 perd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fertaną →Every word from Old English feortan →