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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *flunþrą (“something flat”). Compare cognate Late Latin platessa (“flatfish, plaice”).
Noun
*flunþrijǭ f
- flounder, flatfish
Declension
Declension of *flunþrijǭ (ōn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*flunþrijǭ
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*flunþrijōniz
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| vocative
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*flunþrijǭ
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*flunþrijōniz
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| accusative
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*flunþrijōnų
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*flunþrijōnunz
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| genitive
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*flunþrijōniz
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*flunþrijōnǫ̂
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| dative
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*flunþrijōni
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*flunþrijōmaz
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| instrumental
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*flunþrijōnē
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*flunþrijōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *flunþrijā
- Old Saxon: *fluntheria, *flunthera
- Middle Low German: flundere, vlunder
- German Low German: Flunder, Flunner, Flinder, Flinger, Flonder
- → German: Flunder, Flünder
- → Swedish: flunder
- Old Norse: flyðra, *flundra, *flyndra