"fishie" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fishie.wav [US] Forms: fishies [plural], fishy [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English -ie English fishie From fish + -ie. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fish|-ie|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English -ie English fishie [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*fiskaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*fisk", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "fisċ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "fisch", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ie", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fishie", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fishie"> From fish + -ie. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishie (plural fishies)
  1. (childish) Diminutive of fish; alternative spelling of fishy. Tags: childish, diminutive, form-of Form of: fish (extra: alternative spelling of fishy)

Inflected forms

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