Where does “weetless” come from?
weetless (English) comes from English weet, from Middle English weten, from Old English wǣtan, from Proto-Germanic wētijaną, from Indo-European *wed-.
weetless (English): Unknowing, unconscious; Meaningless
Definitions
- Unknowing, unconscious; Meaningless
Ancestry of “weetless”, step by step
weetless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English weet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | weet | To know |
| 2 | Middle English | weten | to wet |
| 3 | Old English | wǣtan | to wet, moisten, water |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wētijaną | to wet; make wet |
| 5 | Indo-European | *wed- | — |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |