-laus

From Old Norse -lauss, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (“loose, free”). Cognate with Danish -løs, Norwegian Nynorsk -laus, Swedish -lös, English -less and German -los.

-laus (adjective-forming suffix, comparative -lausari, superlative -lausastur)

1. -less, free of something

• The suffix -laus is most often used combined with a genitive form or the stem of a word, meaning "free of something" e.g.:

  genitive of heili (“a brain”) and -laus → heila (“of a brain”) and -laus → heilalaus (“brainless”)

• -vana
• -vani