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Where does “fiōr” come from?
fiōr (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic fōr, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wr̥ — bonfire; spelt.
Ancestry of “fiōr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
fōr
fire
2
Proto-Indo-European
péh₂wr̥
bonfire; spelt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wr̥ →
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