English
lancefish
From lance + fish.
Latin lancea ‘The Roman auxiliaries' short javelin’
Old French lance ‘lance (weapon)’
Middle English launce ‘a lance (long spear)’
English lance
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 slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus, found in British waters.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lancefish