Etymograph

English

frogfish

From frog + fish.

A compound of frog + fish

Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’

Proto-West Germanic *froggō

Old English frocga

Middle English frogge ‘a frog or toad’

English frog

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 Any fish of the genus Lophius.

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

Etymograph / frogfish