English
studfish
From stud + fish.
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand, set’
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Proto-Germanic *stōdą ‘a herd of horses’
Proto-West Germanic *stōd
Old English stōd
Middle English stood
English stud
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 small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, such as Fundulus catenatus.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “studfish”. 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.
Etymograph / studfish