English

firebreath

From fire + breath.

A compound of fire + breath

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 *bʰreh₁-

Proto-West Germanic *brāan ‘to smoke’

Proto-West Germanic *brāþi ‘vapour’

Old English brǣþ ‘odor’

Middle English breeth

Today it means

noun Fire shot from the mouth or nostrils.

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

Etymograph / firebreath