English

firepot

From fire + pot.

A compound of fire + pot

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 *puttaz ‘pot, jar’

Old English pott ‘pot’

Middle English pot ‘a cookpot’

English pot

Today it means

noun A pot used to hold or carry fire.

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