Where does “fyring” come from?

fyring (Danish) comes from Danish fyre, 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.

fyring (Danish): dismissal, layoff, firing

Definitions

  1. dismissal, layoff, firing

Ancestry of “fyring”, step by step

fyring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish fyre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfyreto sack; to fire; indefinite plural of fyr
2Middle Low Germanfīren
3Frenchvirerto bear, veer; to turn into, become; to transfer
4Vulgar Latinviro
5LatinvibroI shake, agitate, brandish; I launch, hurl; I...
6Proto-Italicwibrāō
7Proto-Italicwibros
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweyb-to oscillate; swing; rotate, move

via Danish ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyb-