Where does “oakless” come from?

oakless (English) comes from English oak, from Middle English ake, from Old English āc, from Proto-West Germanic ak, from Proto-Germanic ak, from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge.

oakless (English): Having no oak trees

Definitions

  1. Having no oak trees

Ancestry of “oakless”, step by step

oakless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoakA deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed...
2Middle EnglishakeAlternative form of ac; Alternative form of ache
3Old Englishācoak; oaken ship
4Proto-West Germanicakbut
5Proto-Germanicakbut, however
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁o-ge—

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 h₁o-ge →