English
fishspear
From fish + spear.
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 *sperH- ‘to kick’
Proto-Germanic *speru
Proto-West Germanic *speru
Old English spere ‘spear, lance, pike, javelin’
Middle English spere ‘a spear or lance’
English spear
Today it means
noun A spear for catching fish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fishspear