English

kindle-coal

From kindle + fire.

A compound of kindle + fire

Proto-Germanic *kundijaną ‘to light up, kindle’

Old Norse kynda ‘to inflame’

Middle English kyndelen

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Today it means

noun A troublemaker.

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

Etymograph / kindle-coal