English
houndfish
From hound + fish.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’
Proto-Germanic *hundaz ‘dog’
Proto-West Germanic *hund ‘dog’
Old English hund
Middle English hound ‘a hunting or sporting dog’
English hound
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 Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / houndfish