English

firebelly

From fire + belly.

A compound of fire + belly

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 *bʰelǵʰ- ‘to swell, blow up’

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Proto-Germanic *balgiz ‘bag’

Proto-West Germanic *balgi

Old English bielġ ‘bag, pouch, bulge’

Middle English bely

English belly

Today it means

noun fire-bellied toad

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

Etymograph / firebelly