English

firecoal

From fire + coal.

A compound of fire + coal

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 *ǵwelH- ‘to burn’

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Proto-Germanic *kulą

Proto-West Germanic *kol

Old English col

Middle English col ‘charcoal’

English coal

Today it means

noun A burning coal.

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

Etymograph / firecoal