Where does “firenado” come from?
firenado (English) comes from English fire, from Middle English fier, from Old English fȳr, from Old English feor, from Proto-Germanic ferrai, from Proto-Indo-European per-nóy, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
firenado (English): a fire whirl
Definitions
- a fire whirl
Ancestry of “firenado”, step by step
firenado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fire | A chemical reaction involving the bonding of... |
| 2 | Middle English | fier | Alternative form of figer |
| 3 | Old English | fȳr | fire |
| 4 | Old English | feor | Alternative form of feorr; far |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English tornado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tornado | A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile,... |
| 2 | English | ternado | — |
| 3 | Spanish | tronada | thunderstorm |
| 4 | Spanish | tronar | to thunder; to bust, ruin; to fail |
| 5 | Latin | tonō | to thunder |
| 6 | Latin | tonāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tenh₂- | to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to... |