Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flunþrijā

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Equivalent to *flonþr (“board, plank”) +‎ *-jā.

Noun

*flunþrijā f

flatfish; flounder; European flounder, white fluke (Platichthys flesus)

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flunþrijā
Genitive	*flunþrijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flunþrijā	*flunþrijōn
Accusative	*flunþrijōn	*flunþrijōn
Genitive	*flunþrijōn	*flunþrijōnō
Dative	*flunþrijōn	flunþrijōm, flunþrijum
Instrumental	*flunþrijōn	flunþrijōm, flunþrijum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *fluntheria, *flunthera
- Middle Low German: flundere, vlunder
  - German Low German: Flunder, Flunner, Flinder, Flinger, Flonder
  - → German: Flunder, Flünder
    - → Bavarian: Flunder
    - → Czech: flundra
    - → Polish: flądra
    - → Swabian: Flander
  - → Swedish: flunder

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