Where does “pegless” come from?

pegless (English) comes from English PEG, from Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge, from Old Saxon pigg-, from Proto-Germanic pig-, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

pegless (English): Without pegs

Definitions

  1. Without pegs

Ancestry of “pegless”, step by step

pegless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English PEG

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPEGAcronym of polyethylene glycol; Percutaneous...
2Middle Englishpeggepeg
3Middle Dutchpeggepin, peg
4Old Saxonpigg-—
5Proto-Germanicpig-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

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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