English

fireworm

From fire + worm.

A compound of fire + worm

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 *wr̥mis

Proto-Germanic *wurmiz

Proto-West Germanic *wurmi

Old English weorm

Middle English werm

English worm

Today it means

noun The larva of any of several tortricid moths (family Tortricidae).

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

Etymograph / fireworm