English

glassfish

From glass + fish.

A compound of glass + fish

Proto-Germanic *glasą ‘amber’

Proto-West Germanic *glas ‘glass’

Old English glæs

Middle English glas

English glass

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 of several (not closely related) small fish that have almost transparent bodies, especially those of the genera Ambassis or Chanda.

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

Etymograph / glassfish