Where does “yawless” come from?

yawless (English) comes from English yaw, from Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

yawless (English): Without yaw

Definitions

  1. Without yaw

Ancestry of “yawless”, step by step

yawless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English yaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyawThe rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile...
2Old Norsejaga—
3Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
4Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
5Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

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-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Saxon jagōn →Every word from Middle Low German jāgen →