English

firestink

From fire + stink.

A compound of fire + stink

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 *stengʷ- ‘to push’

Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną ‘to emit a smell’

Old English stincan ‘to stink’

Middle English stinken

English stink

Today it means

noun The stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen.

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

Etymograph / firestink