English
fledgeless
From fledge + -less.
Formed from fledge + -less
Proto-Indo-European *plewk- ‘to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly’
Proto-Germanic *flugjaz ‘able to fly, fledged’
Proto-West Germanic *flugi ‘fledged, feathered’
Old English *flyċġe ‘able to fly, fledged’
Middle English flegge ‘Able to fly’
English fledge
Today it means
adj Of a bird, that has not fledged.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fledgeless