English

firebolt

From fire + bolt.

A compound of fire + bolt

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-Germanic *bultaz

Proto-West Germanic *bolt ‘bolt arrow’

Old English bolt

Middle English bolt

English bolt

Today it means

noun A missile of fire.

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

Etymograph / firebolt