Where does “wolfless” come from?

wolfless (English) comes from English Wolf, from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

wolfless (English): Without wolves

Definitions

  1. Without wolves

Ancestry of “wolfless”, step by step

wolfless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Wolf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWolfThe constellation Lupus
2Middle Englishwolfwolf, lupine; terrifying person
3Old Englishwulfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

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 “wolfless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →