waterless

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*watōrlausaz
2. Old English · inherited fromwæterlēas“waterless”
3. Middle English · inherited fromwaterles
4. English todaywaterless

From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“waterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).