English

firebrass

From fire + brass.

A compound of fire + brass

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Old English bræs ‘brass, bronze’

Middle English bras

English brass

Today it means

noun A varnished finish used on clock faces etc.

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

Etymograph / firebrass