English

firewise

From fire + wise.

A compound of fire + wise

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 *weyd- ‘to see’

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Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós

Proto-Germanic *wīsaz ‘knowledgeable’

Old English wīs

Middle English wys ‘wise’

English wise

Today it means

adj Aware of the risks of fires and how to put them out.

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

Etymograph / firewise