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Where does “warmthless” come from?

warmthless (English) comes from English warmth, from Middle English warmth, from Old English wiermþu, from Proto-West Germanic warmiþu, from Proto-West Germanic warm, from Proto-Germanic warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.

warmthless (English): Devoid of warmth

Definitions

  1. Devoid of warmth

Ancestry of “warmthless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwarmthA moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being...
2Middle Englishwarmth—
3Old Englishwiermþuwarmth
4Proto-West Germanicwarmiþuwarmth
5Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
6Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →