Where does “feltless” come from?

feltless (English) comes from English felt, from Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic felt, from Proto-Indo-European pilto.

feltless (English): Without felt

Definitions

  1. Without felt

Ancestry of “feltless”, step by step

feltless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English felt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeltA cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool,...
2Middle EnglishfeltFelted fabric or a sample or swab of it; felt; A...
3Old Englishfeltfelt
4Proto-West Germanicfeltfelt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpilto—

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 pilto →