Etymograph

English

prickleback

From prickle + back.

A compound of prickle + back

Old English pricel

Middle English prykkyl

English prickle

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prickleback”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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