köken: From Middle High German vegeviur, a calque of Latin īgnis pūrgātōrius or īgnis pūrgātiōnis. By surface analysis, fegen + Feuer. Compare Dutch vagevuur.
köken: kiiras- + tuli (“fire”), partial calque of Swedish skärseld, probably with influence from an older dialectal borrowing kiira (“clean, clear”), which is an older borrowing from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse skírr).
Purgatory, purgatory (an intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification prior to entering Heaven.)
köken: From Old Danish skærseeld, skæræseld, a compound of skærelse (“purification”, obsolete) + ild (“fire”), a calque of Medieval Latin ignis purgatorius. Compare also Old West Norse skírslareldr, Norwegian skjærsild, Swedish skärseld. The first part is a verbal noun from the (obsolete) verb skære (“to shine”). See also skær (“pure”).