Where does “weftless” come from?

weftless (English) comes from English weft, from Middle English wefte, from Old English wefan, from Proto-West Germanic weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

weftless (English): Without a weft

Definitions

  1. Without a weft

Ancestry of “weftless”, step by step

weftless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English weft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweftThe horizontal threads that are interlaced...
2Middle Englishwefteweft; Strands of thread in a spiderweb
3Old Englishwefanto weave
4Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
5Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

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—
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