English
sawfish
From saw + fish.
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 Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
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Etymograph / sawfish