English
gamefish
From game + fish.
Proto-Germanic *gamaną ‘amusement, pleasure’
Proto-West Germanic *gaman ‘pleasure, fun, amusement’
Old English gamen ‘sport, game, pastime’
Middle English game
English game
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 Fish deemed suitable for the sport of angling, as opposed to those caught primarily for food.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gamefish