Etymograph

English

sneerless

From sneer + -less.

Formed from sneer + -less

Proto-Indo-European *pnew- ‘to breathe, pant, gasp’

Proto-Germanic *fnesaną ‘to pant, gasp’

Proto-West Germanic *fnāʀijan

Old English fnǣran ‘to snort’

Middle English sneren ‘to mock, scoff at’

English sneer

Today it means

adj Without a sneer.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / sneerless