Where does “woeless” come from?

woeless (English) comes from English woe, from Middle English wo, from Old English wā, from Proto-West Germanic wai, from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

woeless (English): Devoid of woe

Definitions

  1. Devoid of woe

Ancestry of “woeless”, step by step

woeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English woe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwoeGreat sadness or distress; a misfortune causing...
2Middle EnglishwoAlternative form of woo
3Old Englishwāwoe
4Proto-West Germanicwaiwoe!, alas!
5Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

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 Proto-Indo-European wai →