English

leatherfish

leather + fish

A compound of leather + fish

Proto-Germanic *leþrą ‘leather’

Proto-West Germanic *leþr

Old English leþer ‘leather’

Middle English lether

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 Synonym of fringed filefish.

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

Etymograph / leatherfish