English

firebell

From fire + bell.

A compound of fire + bell

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to sound’

Proto-Germanic *bellǭ ‘bell’

Proto-West Germanic *bellā

Old English belle ‘bell’

Middle English belle

English bell

Today it means

noun An alarm bell sounded in the event of a fire.

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

Etymograph / firebell