Etymology

sackless

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Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English sack
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sackless · adjective1

  1. Englishsack
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. English todaysackless

From sack + -less.

sackless · adjective2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sakalausaz“free from accusation”
  2. Old English · inherited fromsaclēas“free from charge, innocent, safe”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsakles
  4. English todaysackless

From Middle English sakles, sacless (“innocent”), from Old English saclēas (“free from charge, innocent, safe”), from Proto-Germanic *sakalausaz (“free from accusation”), equivalent to sake + -less. Cognate with Danish sagesløs (“blameless”), Swedish saklös (“blamesless”), Icelandic saklaus (“innocent”), Faroese sakleysur (“unoffending, innocent”). More at sake, -less.

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