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Where does “flondre” come from?

flondre (French) comes from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic flunþrijǭ — A flat thing; a board; A flatfish; a flounder.

Ancestry of “flondre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflyðra—
2Proto-GermanicflunþrijǭA flat thing; a board; A flatfish; a flounder
Every word from Proto-Germanic flunþrijǭ →