English
fireward
From fire + -ward.
A compound of fire + -ward
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
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Proto-Germanic *fuïr
Proto-West Germanic *fuir
Old English fȳr ‘fire’
Middle English fyr
English fire
Today it means
adj Which faces a fire; which lies in the direction of a fire, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fireward