zander
A zander, Sander lucioperca
Meaning
Noun
- A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
- Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater.
Related
Similar words
- sandari, sander, sandre, sannat, schill, zant
- pike-perch
Origin
- Borrowed from German Zander, from a Slavic language, perhaps via Middle Low German sandāt. Pfeifer states that the first German attestation is in East Central German as czandas (in the Marienburger Treßlerbuch Low Prussian forms include Zand and other Slavic languages (e.g. Kashubian) have been considered as possible sources. .
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