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

  1. Unknowing, unconscious; Meaningless

Ancestry of “weetless”, step by step

weetless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English weet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweetTo know
2Middle Englishwetento wet
3Old Englishwǣtanto wet, moisten, water
4Proto-Germanicwētijanąto wet; make wet
5Indo-European*wed-

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 Indo-European *wed-
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