Where does “oxless” come from?

oxless (English) comes from English ox, from German Ochse, from Middle High German ohse, from Old High German ohso, from Proto-West Germanic ohsō, from Proto-Germanic uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn.

oxless (English): Having no ox or oxen

Definitions

  1. Having no ox or oxen

Ancestry of “oxless”, step by step

oxless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ox

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoxAn adult castrated male of cattle; Any bovine...
2GermanOchseox
3Middle High Germanohseox
4Old High Germanohsoox
5Proto-West Germanicohsōox
6Proto-Germanicuhsôox
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—

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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