Where does “sharkminnow” come from?

sharkminnow (English) comes from English minnow, from Middle English menow, from Old English mynwe, from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu, from Indo-European *men-.

sharkminnow (English): Any of multiple species of cyprinid

Definitions

  1. Any of multiple species of cyprinid

Ancestry of “sharkminnow”, step by step

sharkminnow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English minnow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishminnowA small freshwater fish of the carp family,...
2Middle Englishmenow—
3Old Englishmynwe—
4Proto-West Germanic*muniwusmall fish, minnow
5Indo-European*men-—

via English shark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsharkA scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder...
2GermanSchurkevillain, scoundrel

Words derived from “sharkminnow”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →