Etymology

gunfire

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Today it means: Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report. Full definition →

English fire ← Middle English fyr ← Old English fȳr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰen-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰéntis
  3. Proto-Germanic*gunþiz
  4. Old Norsegunnr
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₂tís
  7. Proto-Germanic*hildiz
  8. Old Norsehildr
  9. Old NorseGunnhildr
  10. Middle Englishgunne
  11. Englishgun
  12. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  13. Proto-Germanic*fōr
  14. Proto-West Germanic*fuir
  15. Old Englishfȳr
  16. Middle Englishfyr
  17. Englishfire
  18. English todaygunfire

From gun + fire.

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