Talk:charcoal
Latest comment: 7 months ago by Sdarwin2 in topic etymology
Also a verb: of food ("charcoaled beef") and perhaps in other senses. Equinox ◑ 20:51, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
etymology[edit]
Consider the Russian words жар (zhar) and жара (zhara), meaning "heat". Also, "жар" is "embers", "red-hot glowing coals without a flame". They list the etymology as: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žārъ, perhaps together with жара́ (žará) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰēr- (“heat”, root noun), from *gʷʰer- (“heat, hot”).
Another avenue of analysis: English "fire" ultimately goes back to Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. Compare that to Proto-Slavic požarъ (fire). From this perspective it looks like *péh₂wr̥ -> požarъ -> пожар. That would mean жар (char) could be traced back to the word for "fire". Sdarwin2 (talk) 13:17, 8 October 2023 (UTC)