Where does “metelēas” come from?

metelēas (Old English) comes from Old English mete, from Proto-West Germanic mati, from Proto-Germanic matiz, from Proto-Germanic mōsą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

metelēas (Old English): foodless

Definitions

  1. foodless

Ancestry of “metelēas”, step by step

metelēas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English mete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmetefood
2Proto-West Germanicmatifood
3Proto-Germanicmatizfood
4Proto-Germanicmōsąwet food, mush, porridge; food, victuals
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Old English lēas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
2Proto-Germanic*laus—

Words derived from “metelēas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →