English

fishboat

Fishboat comes from Middle English fisshebate.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of fish + boat

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 *bʰeyd- ‘to break’

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Proto-Germanic *baitaz ‘boat’

Proto-West Germanic *bait ‘boat’

Old English bāt

Middle English bot

English boat

Every English word from Middle English fisshebate

noun A fishing boat.

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