Where does “navelless” come from?

navelless (English) comes from English navel, from Middle English navel, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic nabulō, from Proto-Germanic nabulô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰilos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰ- — navel, nave.

navelless (English): Without a navel

Definitions

  1. Without a navel

Ancestry of “navelless”, step by step

navelless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English navel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnavelThe indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen...
2Middle Englishnavelnavel; centre, point, hub
3Old Englishnafolanavel
4Proto-West Germanicnabulōnavel
5Proto-Germanicnabulô—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nobʰilosnavel
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nobʰ-navel, nave

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 h₃nobʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic nabulô →