Etymograph

English

firelit

From fire + lit.

A compound of fire + lit

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 *wel- ‘to see’

Proto-Germanic *wlitiz ‘countenance, face’

Old Norse litr ‘colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance’

Middle English lit

English lit

Today it means

adj Illuminated by a fire

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

Etymograph / firelit