Where does “slakeless” come from?

slakeless (English) comes from English slake, from Middle English slaken, from Old English sleacian, from Old English slæc, from Proto-Germanic slakaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- — weak, feeble; weak, faint.

slakeless (English): Not capable of being slaked

Definitions

  1. Not capable of being slaked

Ancestry of “slakeless”, step by step

slakeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English slake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslakeTo satisfy; To cool with water or another...
2Middle Englishslakento render slack, to slake
3Old Englishsleacian—
4Old Englishslæclazy
5Proto-Germanicslakazslack, lax
6Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₁g-weak, feeble; weak, faint

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-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slakaz →Every word from Old English slæc →