English
heelless
From heel + -less.
A compound of heel + -less
Proto-Indo-European *kenk- ‘to feel hunger’
…
Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz ‘heel (of the foot)’
Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō
Old English hēla ‘heel (of the foot)’
Middle English hele
English heel
Today it means
adj Without a heel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heelless