sightlessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-der.

Proto-Germanic *sehwaną

Proto-West Germanic *sehwan

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Germanic *-þiz

Proto-West Germanic *-þi

Proto-West Germanic *sihti

Old English sihþ

Middle English sighte

English sight

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 sightless

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 sightlessness

From sightless + -ness.

Noun

sightlessness (uncountable)

1. the characteristic of being sightless; blindness

Derived terms

• unsightlessness