English

kelpfish

From kelp + fish.

A compound of kelp + fish

Middle English *kelpe

English kelp

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 A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.

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

Etymograph / kelpfish