Etymograph

English

fishlore

From fish + lore.

A compound of fish + lore

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 *leys- ‘to trace, to track’

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Proto-Germanic *laizō ‘teaching’

Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu

Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’

Middle English lore ‘Education or teaching’

English lore

Today it means

noun The knowledge, stories, and traditions associated with angling or fishing.

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

Etymograph / fishlore