seasnail

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromsǣsnæġl“seasnail”
2. Middle English · inherited from*se-snail
3. English todayseasnail

From Middle English *se-snail, from Old English sǣsnæġl (“seasnail”), equivalent to sea + snail. Cognate with Danish søsnegl (“seasnail”), Norwegian sjøsnegl (“seasnail”), Icelandic sjósnigill (“seasnail”). The fish name likely a clipping of seasnail(fish).

Words from the same roots