Etymograph

English

firehook

From fire + hook.

A compound of fire + hook

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 *hōkaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old English hōc ‘hook’

Middle English hoke

English hook

Today it means

noun a long pole with a hook at the end, used to pull down buildings and roof thatch to suppress a fire.

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

Etymograph / firehook