Where does “yokeless” come from?

yokeless (English) comes from English yoke, from Middle English yok, from Old English ġeoc, from Proto-West Germanic juk, from Proto-Germanic juką, from Proto-Indo-European yugóm, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

yokeless (English): Without a yoke

Definitions

  1. Without a yoke

Ancestry of “yokeless”, step by step

yokeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English yoke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyokeFrame around the neck, and related senses; Pair...
2Middle EnglishyokAlternative form of ȝok
3Old Englishġeocyoke
4Proto-West Germanicjukyoke
5Proto-Germanicjukąyoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

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 “yokeless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →