Where does “sighless” come from?

sighless (English) comes from English sigh, from Middle Dutch sighen, from Middle English sighte, from Middle English siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan — to sigh, take a deep breath.

sighless (English): Without sighs

Definitions

  1. Without sighs

Ancestry of “sighless”, step by step

sighless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sigh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsighTo inhale a larger quantity of air than usual,...
2Middle DutchsighenAlternative spelling of sigen
3Middle Englishsightesight
4Middle Englishsiken—
5Old Englishsīcanto sigh
6Proto-West Germanic*sīkanto sigh, take a deep breath

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-West Germanic *sīkan →Every word from Old English sīcan →Every word from Middle English siken →