Where does “hobless” come from?

hobless (English) comes from English Hob, from Middle English Hob, from English robin, from Middle English Robin, from Old French Robert, from Frankish berht, from Proto-Germanic berhtaz, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz — army.

hobless (English): Without a hob for cooking

Definitions

  1. Without a hob for cooking

Ancestry of “hobless”, step by step

hobless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHobA nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; later the devil
2Middle EnglishHob
3EnglishrobinAny of various passerine birds of the families...
4Middle EnglishRobin
5Old FrenchRoberta Germanic (Old Frankish) borrowing
6Frankishberhtbright
7Proto-Germanicberhtazbright, shining
8Proto-Germanichrabnazraven
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
12Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

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 ker-