Etymograph

English

shellfishing

Blend of shellfish + fishing.

A blend of shellfish + fishing

Proto-Germanic *skaljafiskaz

Old English sċielfisċ

Middle English schellefyssch

English shellfish

Middle English fischynge

English fishing

Today it means

noun fishing for shellfish

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shellfishing”. 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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