Where does “honeyless” come from?

honeyless (English) comes from English honey, from Middle English hony, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, from Proto-Germanic hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónks — honey.

honeyless (English): Without honey

Definitions

  1. Without honey

Ancestry of “honeyless”, step by step

honeyless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English honey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhoneyA viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar...
2Middle EnglishhonyHoney; Nectar; the secretion of flowers;...
3Old Englishhuniġhoney
4Proto-West Germanichunaghoney
5Proto-Germanic*hunagą
6Proto-GermanichunangąAlternative form of *hunagą
7Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂onk-o-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂ónkshoney

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 kn̥h₂ónksEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-sEvery word from Proto-Germanic hunangą