Etymograph

English

scathefire

From scathe + fire.

A compound of scathe + fire

Proto-Germanic *skaþô ‘damage, scathe’

Old Norse skaði ‘damage, harm’

Middle English scath

English scathe

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Today it means

noun Destructive flames; a conflagration.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scathefire”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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