Where does “gall-less” come from?

gall-less (English) comes from English Gall, from Irish gall, from Irish -án, from Middle Irish -án, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.

gall-less (English): Without gall; free from gall or bitterness

Definitions

  1. Without gall; free from gall or bitterness

Ancestry of “gall-less”, step by step

gall-less traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Gall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGallor brazenness; temerity; chutzpah
2Irishgallforeigner; Anglified Irish person; Alternative...
3Irish-ánA suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives,...
4Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
5Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
6Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
7Proto-Celtic*-agnos—

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—
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