Where does “roadless” come from?
Roadless comes from English road plus the Old English suffix -lēas, ultimately from Proto-Germanic raidō and Proto-Indo-European kret-, combined with Proto-Indo-European lewH- meaning "to leave" or "lacking."
roadless (English): Lacking roads
Definitions
- Lacking roads
Ancestry of “roadless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | road | A way used for travelling between places,... |
| 2 | Middle English | rode | A cross or gibbet; The cross of Christ; The cross... |
| 3 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |