English
stingfishstingfish
From sting + fish.
A compound of sting + fish
Proto-Germanic *stingaz
Old English sting ‘a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed…’
Middle English styng ‘a sting’
English sting
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 Any of several species of scorpionfish
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stingfish”. 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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