weaponless

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wēpnalausaz
2. Old English · inherited fromwǣpenlēas
3. Middle English · inherited fromwepenles
4. English todayweaponless

From Middle English wepenles, from Old English wǣpenlēas, from Proto-Germanic *wēpnalausaz, equivalent to weapon + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woapenloos (“weaponless”), Dutch wapenloos (“weaponless”), German waffenlos (“weaponless”), Danish våbenløs (“weaponless”), Swedish vapenlös (“weaponless”), Icelandic vopnlaus (“weaponless”).