Where does “fishgarth” come from?

fishgarth (English) comes from English fish, from Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fishgarth (English): A fishweir

Definitions

  1. A fishweir

Ancestry of “fishgarth”, step by step

fishgarth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfishA cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in...
2Middle EnglishfischAn animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...
3Old Englishfisċfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-

via English garth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgarthA grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters; A...
2Middle EnglishgarthA garth; Fencing; a barrier or boundary
3Old Norsegarðra fence, wall; an enclosed space, yard; a...
4Proto-Germanicgardazenclosure; court, yard; garden
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰórdʰoshedge, fence, enclosure; hedge, enclosure;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰerdʰ-to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt
Every word from Indo-European *peysk-