ember
‘glowing piece of wood or coal’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. ǽmerge, eemer, eymbery, ymber < O.E. æmerge ‘ember’ + O.Nor. eimyrja < Proto-G. aim-uzjon- ‘ashes’ < aima- ‘ashes’ + uzjo- ‘to burn’ < uh < heus- < Tamil uṇṇam