flounder的词源

英文词源

flounder (v.): "struggle awkwardly and impotently," especially when hampered somehow, 1590s, of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of founder (q.v.), influenced by Dutch flodderen "to flop about," or native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion. Figurative use is from 1680s. Related: Floundered; floundering. As a noun, "act of struggling," by 1867.
flounder (n.): "flatfish," c. 1300, from Anglo-French floundre, Old North French flondre, from Old Norse flydhra, from Proto-Germanic *flunthrjo (cognates: Middle Low German vlundere, Danish flynder, Old Swedish flundra "flatfish"), suffixed and nasalized form of PIE *plat- "to spread" (cognate: Greek platys "flat, wide, broad;" see plaice (n.)).

来自辅音丛fl, 扑腾，拍打，拟声词，词源同flap, flag, flutter. 引申词义挣扎，折腾。

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来自PIE*plat的鼻音扩大形式，平的，词源同flat, platypus. 用来指比目鱼。