Where does “twigless” come from?

twigless (English) comes from English twig, from Irish tuig, from Middle Irish tuicid, from Old Irish ·tucci, from Proto-Celtic *unketi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁unékti.

twigless (English): Having no twigs

Definitions

  1. Having no twigs

Ancestry of “twigless”, step by step

twigless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English twig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtwigA small thin branch of a tree or bush; To beat...
2Irishtuigunderstand
3Middle Irishtuicid—
4Old Irish·tucci—
5Proto-Celtic*unketi—
6Proto-Indo-European*h₁unékti—

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 *h₁unékti →