English

longfin

From long + fin.

A compound of long + fin

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 *(s)pīn- ‘backbone, dorsal fin’

Proto-Germanic *finnō

Old English finn

Middle English fin

English fin

Today it means

noun Any member of the family Plesiopidae of elongated perciform fish.

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