sonless

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Proto-Indo-European *sew-?
Proto-Indo-European *sewH-
Proto-Indo-European *suHnús
Proto-Germanic *sunuz
Proto-West Germanic *sunu
Old English sunu
Middle English sone
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
Middle English soneles
English sonless

    From Middle English soneles; equivalent to son +‎ -less.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsʌnləs/
    • Homophone: sunless

    Adjective

    sonless (not comparable)

    1. Without a son.
      • 1876, John Richard Green, History of the English People: Early England (449-1071)
        As no baron who was sonless could give a husband to his daughter, save with his lord's consent […]

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