English
henfish
From hen + fish.
Proto-Indo-European *kan-
Proto-Germanic *hanjō
Proto-West Germanic *hannju
Old English henn
Middle English hen ‘hen, chicken’
English hen
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 member of the species Brama brama of marine fish (black seabream, Atlantic pomfret) .
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / henfish