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
- Without a hob for cooking
Ancestry of “hobless”, step by step
hobless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Hob
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hob | A nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; later the devil |
| 2 | Middle English | Hob | — |
| 3 | English | robin | Any of various passerine birds of the families... |
| 4 | Middle English | Robin | — |
| 5 | Old French | Robert | a Germanic (Old Frankish) borrowing |
| 6 | Frankish | berht | bright |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | berhtaz | bright, shining |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |