flounder
English
/ˈflaʊndɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, , .
- (North America) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
- A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flowndre derived from floundre derived from flondre derived from Old Norse flyðra derived from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ (flatfish).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flunþrijǭ
Gloss
flatfish
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flounderer English
- flounderish English
- flounderlike English
- flounderling English
- Flunder German
- *flunþrijǭ Proto-Germanic
- flundra Swedish
- flowndre Middle English
- fluðra Old Norse
- flyðra Old Norse
- flagermus Danish
- flynder Danish
- flundra Icelandic
- fliandre Norman
- vledermus Middle Low German
- vlundere Middle Low German
- flundra Old Swedish
- floundre xno
- flondre ONF.