Where does “skylessness” come from?
skylessness (English) comes from English skyless, from English sky, from Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic skiwją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.
skylessness (English): Absence of a sky
Ancestry of “skylessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | skyless | Without a sky |
| 2 | English | sky | The atmosphere above a given point, especially as... |
| 3 | Middle English | sky | The atmosphere or sky; that which lies above the... |
| 4 | Old Norse | ský | cloud |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skiwją | cloud; sky |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |