Etymograph

English

Fishtar

Blend of fish + Ishtar, in reference to Ishtar (1987), another film that failed to recoup its lavish budget.

A blend of fish + Ishtar

Proto-Indo-European *piskós

Proto-Germanic *fiskaz

Proto-West Germanic *fisk

Old English fisċ

Middle English fisch ‘an animal that inhabits the water or the meat…’

English fish

Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯtar-

Akkadian Akkadian form

English Ishtar

The story

Blend of fish + Ishtar, in reference to Ishtar (1987), another film that failed to recoup its lavish budget.

Today it means

name The 1995 film Waterworld, known for its runaway production costs.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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