Etymograph

English

trayless

From tray + -less.

A compound of tray + -less

Proto-Indo-European *drewo- ‘tree’

Proto-Germanic *trawją ‘wooden vessel’

Proto-West Germanic *trauwi

Old English trēġ ‘wooden board, tray’

Middle English trey ‘a tray’

English tray

Today it means

adj Without a tray

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “trayless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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