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Where does “ravenless” come from?

ravenless (English) comes from English Raven, from Middle English raven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic hrabn, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

ravenless (English): Without a raven

Definitions

  1. Without a raven

Ancestry of “ravenless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRaven—
2Middle Englishravento wander; to rave; talk like a madman
3Old Englishhræfnraven
4Proto-West Germanichrabnraven
5Proto-Germanichrabnazraven
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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