paəwr̥

Fire. Oldest form *peə₂wr̥, colored to *paə₂wr̥, with zero-grade *pə₂ur- metathesized to *puə₂r-. Zero-grade form *pūr- (contracted from *puər-).

1. fire, from Old English fȳr, fire, from Germanic suffixed form *fūr-i-.

2. pyre, pyretic, pyrites, pyro-, pyrosis, pyrrhotite; empyreal, from Greek pūr, fire.

 

[Pokorny peu̯ōr 828.]

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