English
flamestrike
From flame + strike.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’
Proto-Italic *flagmā
Latin flamma
Anglo-Norman flaumbe
Middle English flawme ‘a flame’
English flame
Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to stroke’
Proto-Germanic *strīkaną ‘to stroke’
Proto-West Germanic *strīkan ‘to stroke’
Old English strīcan ‘to pass lightly over’
Middle English stryken ‘to strike’
English strike
Today it means
noun The strike of a flame.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flamestrike