English
fireweed
From fire + weed.
The story
The fire-part may be of same origin as eld-part in dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk eldmerke (‘fireweed’).
Today it means
noun A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fireweed