English
fish trap
From fish + trap.
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-Indo-European *drebʰ- ‘to step, trip, trample’
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Proto-West Germanic *trappjan ‘to step’
Proto-West Germanic *trappjā ‘trap, snare’
Old English træppe ‘trap, snare’
Middle English trappe
English trap
Today it means
noun A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fish trap