English
startlish
From startle + -ish.
Formed from startle + -ish
Proto-West Germanic *startlōn
Old English steartlian ‘to kick with the foot, struggle, stumble’
Middle English startlen
English startle
Today it means
adj Easily startled; skittish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / startlish