Etymology

burnable

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Today it means: Able to be burned; combustible Full definition →

English burn ← Middle English brennen ← Old Norse brenna
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrenw-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrénuh₁e-?
  4. Proto-Germanic*brinnaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*brinnan
  6. Old Englishbiernan
  7. Proto-Germanic*brinnaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*brannijaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*brannijan
  10. Old Englishbærnan
  11. Old Norsebrenna
  12. Middle Englishbrennen
  13. Englishburn
  14. English todayburnable

From burn + -able.

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