Where does “fiūr” come from?

fiūr (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic fuir, from Proto-Germanic fōr, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wr̥ — bonfire; spelt.

fiūr (Old Frisian): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “fiūr”, step by step

fiūr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic fuir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfuirfire
2Proto-Germanicfōrfire
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt

via Proto-Germanic *fuir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*fuir—

Words derived from “fiūr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wr̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic fōr →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fuir →