English

firepan

From fire + pan.

A compound of fire + pan

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 *pannǭ

Proto-West Germanic *pannā

Old English panne ‘pan’

Middle English panne ‘pan’

English pan

Today it means

noun A pan for holding or conveying fire, especially (firearms) the receptacle for the priming of a gun.

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