English

hatfish

From hat + fish.

A compound of hat + fish

Proto-Germanic *hattuz ‘hat’

Proto-West Germanic *hattu ‘hat’

Old English hætt

Middle English hat ‘a hat or cap’

English hat

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 Synonym of halibut.

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