English
hoodless
Hoodless comes from Middle English hodles ‘lacking a hood’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hōdaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hōdaz‘hood’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hōdreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hōd‘hood’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hood‘a hood as a symbol of rank’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hodlesas hoodeles‘lacking a hood’
- Englishtodayhoodless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hōdaz‘hood’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hōdreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hōd‘hood’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hood‘a hood as a symbol of rank’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hodlesas hoodeles‘lacking a hood’
- Englishtodayhoodless
Formed from hood + -less
Proto-Germanic *hōdaz ‘shelter’
Proto-West Germanic *hōd
Old English hōd
Middle English hood ‘a hood as a symbol of rank’
English hood
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- ‘to cover, protect’
through Old English hōd ‘hood’
Today it means
adj Not having, or wearing, a hood.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hōdaz / hoodless