English

longear

From long + ear.

A compound of long + ear

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’

Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’

Old English lang ‘long, tall, lasting’

Middle English long

English long

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to perceive’

…

Proto-Germanic *ausô

Proto-West Germanic *auʀā

Old English ēare

Middle English eare

English ear

Today it means

noun Lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap.

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