Where does “vaneless” come from?

vaneless (English) comes from English vane, from Middle English vane, from Old English fana, from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic fanô, from Proto-Indo-European pān- — fabric.

vaneless (English): Without vanes

Definitions

  1. Without vanes

Ancestry of “vaneless”, step by step

vaneless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvaneA weather vane; Any of several usually relatively...
2Middle EnglishvaneAlternative form of fane
3Old Englishfanaflag
4Proto-West Germanic*fanō—
5Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric

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 pān- →