Where does “fyre” come from?
fyre (Danish) comes from Middle Low German fīren, from French virer, from Vulgar Latin viro, from Latin vibro, from Proto-Italic wibrāō, from Proto-Italic wibros, from Proto-Indo-European weyb- — to oscillate; swing; rotate, move.
fyre (Danish): to sack; to fire; indefinite plural of fyr
Definitions
- to sack; to fire; indefinite plural of fyr
Ancestry of “fyre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | fīren | — |
| 2 | French | virer | to bear, veer; to turn into, become; to transfer |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | viro | — |
| 4 | Latin | vibro | I shake, agitate, brandish; I launch, hurl; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wibrāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wibros | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyb- | to oscillate; swing; rotate, move |
Words derived from “fyre”