English
firecraft
From fire + -craft.
Formed from fire + -craft
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
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Proto-Germanic *fuïr
Proto-West Germanic *fuir
Old English fȳr ‘fire’
Middle English fyr
English fire
Today it means
noun The set of knowledge and skills needed to make a (controlled) fire (for warmth, cooking, etc).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / firecraft