zander

See also: Zander

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zander, from a Slavic language, perhaps via Middle Low German sandāt.[1] Pfeifer states that the first German attestation is East Central German czandas (in the Marienburger Treßlerbuch[2]) circa 1400, which he derives from Pomeranian *sądač (compare Slovincian sãdzoc), from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ.[3] Low Prussian forms include Zand, and other Slavic languages (e.g. Kashubian) have been considered as possible sources.[2] Doublet of sandre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzæn.də(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

Noun

zander (plural zanders or zander)

  1. A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
  2. Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater.

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References

  1. ^ zander” in Duden online
  2. 2.0 2.1 Trübners deutsches Wörterbuch (1957), W-Z, page 322
  3. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer (1995) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, 2 edition, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN