English

fleshhook

From flesh + hook.

A compound of flesh + hook

Proto-Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’

Proto-West Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’

Old English flǣsċ

Middle English flesh

English flesh

Proto-Germanic *hōkaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old English hōc ‘hook’

Middle English hoke

English hook

Today it means

noun A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.

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

Etymograph / fleshhook