English
suckfish
From suck + fish.
Proto-Indo-European *sewg-
Proto-Germanic *sūkaną ‘to suck’
Proto-West Germanic *sūkan ‘to suck’
Old English sūcan ‘to suck’
Middle English souken ‘to breastfeed’
English suck
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 The suckerfish, or remora.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / suckfish