Where does “fuïr” come from?

fuïr (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic fōr, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wr̥ — bonfire; spelt.

Ancestry of “fuïr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfōrfire
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt

Words derived from “fuïr”

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