A compound of ice + fish
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice’
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Proto-Germanic *īsą
Proto-West Germanic *īs
Old English īs
Middle English hyse
English ice
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 notothenioid family Channichthyidae; these Antarctic fishes are named for the lack of hemoglobin in their blood
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / icefish
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