Where does “tuftless” come from?

tuftless (English) comes from English tuft, from Middle English tuft, from Old French touffe, from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European dumb- — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

tuftless (English): Without tufts

Definitions

  1. Without tufts

Ancestry of “tuftless”, step by step

tuftless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tuft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtuftA bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held...
2Middle Englishtuft—
3Old Frenchtouffetuft
4Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
5Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

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 dumb- →