Where does “timberless” come from?
timberless (English) comes from English timber, from Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.
timberless (English): Without timber
Ancestry of “timberless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | timber | Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood;... |
| 2 | Middle English | tymber | — |
| 3 | Old English | timber | timber; a building; the act of building |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | timrą | building; timber |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |