English

fireboat

From fire + boat.

A compound of fire + boat

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 *bʰeyd- ‘to break’

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Proto-Germanic *baitaz ‘boat’

Proto-West Germanic *bait ‘boat’

Old English bāt

Middle English bot

English boat

Today it means

noun A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.

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

Etymograph / fireboat