Where does “ovenless” come from?

ovenless (English) comes from English oven, from Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

ovenless (English): Without an oven, or without the use of an oven

Definitions

  1. Without an oven, or without the use of an oven

Ancestry of “ovenless”, step by step

ovenless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishovenA chamber used for baking or heating
2Middle EnglishovenAn oven; an enclosed chamber for baking or drying
3Old Englishofnoven, stove; furnace
4Proto-West Germanicofnoven
5Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

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—
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