Common name | Frost fish |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | inanimate object |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Frost' from Old English 'freeze' from Germanic 'freusan' from Indo-European 'preus-' (p. 240 in Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). |