Where does “miceless” come from?

miceless (English) comes from English mice, from Middle English mys, from Old English mȳs, from Proto-Germanic mūsiz, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

miceless (English): Without mice

Definitions

  1. Without mice

Ancestry of “miceless”, step by step

miceless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmiceplural of mouse
2Middle Englishmysplural of mous
3Old Englishmȳsmice
4Proto-Germanicmūsizmice
5Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

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 múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūsiz →