English

fishseller

Fishseller comes from Middle English fysch sellare.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of fish + seller

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

Old English *sellere

Middle English seller

Every English word from Middle English fysch sellare

noun A person who sells fish.

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