English

firetop

From fire + top.

A compound of fire + top

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 *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Today it means

noun Synonym of fireweed (“the plant Chamaenerion angustifolium”).

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