Where does “feetless” come from?

feetless (English) comes from English feet, from Middle English feet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European pódes, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

feetless (English): Without feet

Definitions

  1. Without feet

Ancestry of “feetless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfeetplural of foot; Fact; performance; feat
2Middle Englishfeetplural of fot
3Old Englishfēt—
4Proto-Germanicfōtiz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpódes—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “feetless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →