Where does “wishless” come from?

wishless (English) comes from English wish, from Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

wishless (English): Without a wish or wishes

Definitions

  1. Without a wish or wishes

Ancestry of “wishless”, step by step

wishless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwishA desire, hope, or longing for something or for...
2Middle EnglishfischAn animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...
3Old Englishfisċfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-

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

Words derived from “wishless

Every word from Indo-European *peysk-
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