English

fireland

From fire + land.

A compound of fire + land

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 *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Today it means

noun Land that is characterized by, or has been degraded by, fires.

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

Etymograph / fireland