Etymograph

English

fishfinder

From fish + finder.

A compound of fish + finder

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

Middle English findere

English finder

Today it means

noun An electronic device that uses sonar to measure water depth and shows outlines of fish and bottom features on a LCD or CRT screen

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

Etymograph / fishfinder