Where does “spokeless” come from?

spokeless (English) comes from English spoke, from Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic spaikō — spoke.

spokeless (English): Without spokes

Definitions

  1. Without spokes

Ancestry of “spokeless”, step by step

spokeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English spoke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspokeA support structure that connects the axle or the...
2Middle EnglishspokeA spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...
3Old Englishspācaspoke
4Proto-West Germanic*spaikāspoke
5Proto-Germanicspaikōspoke

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 spaikō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā →Every word from Old English spāca →