Etymograph

English

firestick

From fire + stick.

A compound of fire + stick

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 *(s)teyg- ‘to be sharp’

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Proto-Germanic *stikkô ‘pole’

Proto-West Germanic *stikkō ‘stick’

Old English sticca ‘stick’

Middle English sticke ‘branch’

English stick

Today it means

noun A poker used to arrange coals, logs, etc., in a fire.

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

Etymograph / firestick