English
fishling
From fish + -ling.
Formed from fish + -ling
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
Today it means
noun A small or young fish; fry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fishling