Where does “sheafless” come from?

sheafless (English) comes from English sheaf, from Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic skaub, from Proto-Germanic skaubaz — bundle, sheaf.

sheafless (English): Without a sheaf or sheaves

Definitions

  1. Without a sheaf or sheaves

Ancestry of “sheafless”, step by step

sheafless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sheaf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsheafA quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye,...
2Middle EnglishscheefA sheaf; A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of...
3Old Englishsċēafsheaf, bundle
4Proto-West Germanicskaubbundle, sheaf
5Proto-Germanicskaubazbundle, sheaf

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—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skaubaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skaub →Every word from Old English sċēaf →