English
hiltless
From hilt + -less.
Formed from hilt + -less
Proto-Indo-European *kel- ‘to strike, cut’
Proto-Germanic *heltą ‘handle’
Old English hilt ‘hilt, handle’
Middle English hilt
English hilt
Today it means
adj Without a hilt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hiltless