English
greenling
From green + -ling.
Formed from green + -ling
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’
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Proto-Germanic *grōniz
Proto-West Germanic *grōnī
Old English grēne
Middle English grene
English green
Today it means
noun Any of various food fishes, of the family Hexagrammidae, of the northern Pacific
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / greenling