Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flunþrijǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly akin to Latin pluteus, Lithuanian plautas, and Latvian plauts.

Noun

*flunþrijǭ f

A flat thing; a board.
A flatfish; a flounder.

Declension

ōn-stemDeclension of *flunþrijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flunþrijǭ	*flunþrijōniz
vocative	*flunþrijǭ	*flunþrijōniz
accusative	*flunþrijōnų	*flunþrijōnunz
genitive	*flunþrijōniz	*flunþrijōnǫ̂
dative	*flunþrijōni	*flunþrijōmaz
instrumental	*flunþrijōnē	*flunþrijōmiz

Descendants

Old Saxon: *flunthria, *flunthra
- Middle Low German: vlundere
  - → German: Flunder
  - → Polish: flądra
Old Norse: flyðra
- → Old French: flondre, flundre, floundre
  - → Middle English: flowndre, flowndur, flondyre, flounder, ffloundre, floundre, flundre
    - English: flounder
    - Scots: flunner, flunder
  - Norman: fliandre
- Danish: flynder
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: flyndre
- Old Swedish: flundra
  - Swedish: flundra

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