flightlessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi

Proto-Germanic *fleuganą

Proto-West Germanic *fleugan

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Germanic *-þiz

Proto-West Germanic *-þi

Proto-West Germanic *fluhti

Old English flyht

Middle English flight

English flight

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English flightless

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English flightlessness

From flightless + -ness.

Noun

flightlessness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being flightless.

Translations

condition

• Finnish: lentokyvyttömyys