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Where does “reuþeles” come from?

reuþeles (Middle English) comes from Middle English -les, from Turkish -le, from Turkish ile, from Ottoman Turkish ایله, from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیلَه, from Proto-Turkic bile — with, together, also.

reuþeles (Middle English): ruthless, cruel

Definitions

  1. ruthless, cruel

Ancestry of “reuþeles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-lesLacking ; without
2Turkish-lewith, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form...
3Turkishilewith; and
4Ottoman Turkishایله—
5Old Anatolian Turkishاِیلَه—
6Proto-Turkicbilewith, together, also

Words derived from “reuþeles”

  • ruthless
  • ruthlessly
  • ruthlessness
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