Etymograph

English

landfish

Compound of land + fish.

A compound of land + fish

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

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 fish that dwells on land.

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

Etymograph / landfish