Etymograph

English

harvestfish

From harvest + fish.

A compound of harvest + fish

Proto-Indo-European *kerp- ‘to cut off, raze’

Proto-Germanic *harbistaz ‘harvest-time, autumn, fall’

Proto-West Germanic *harbist

Old English hærfest ‘autumn, harvest-time’

Middle English harvest

English harvest

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 Peprilus paru, a kind of butterfish.

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

Etymograph / harvestfish