English
spikeless
From spike + -less.
Formed from spike + -less
Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘to be pointed’
Proto-Germanic *spīkō ‘stick, splinter, point’
Old Norse spík ‘spike, sprig’
Middle English spike
English spike
Today it means
adj Without a spike or spikes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spikeless