Etymograph

English

hellburner

From hell + burner.

A compound of hell + burner

Proto-Germanic *haljō ‘hell’

Proto-West Germanic *hallju ‘the netherworld’

Old English hel

Middle English hel

English hell

Today it means

noun A fireship designed to explode devastatingly.

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

Etymograph / hellburner