English
burner
From burn + -er.
Formed from burn + -er
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-
Proto-Germanic *brinnaną ‘to burn’
Old Norse brinna ‘to burn’
Middle English burne
English burn
The story
Merged with and eclipsed related Middle English brennar, brennere (‘an incendiary, incinerator’).
Today it means
noun An element on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop that generates localized heat for cooking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / burner