Etymology

fishlike

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Today it means: Having some characteristics of a fish. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English fish
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  2. Proto-Germanic*fiskaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fisk
  4. Old Englishfisċ
  5. Middle Englishfisch
  6. Englishfish
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todayfishlike

From fish + -like.

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