zander

/ˈzæn.də(ɹ)/

ZÆN · də(ɹ) (2 syllables)

English Noun Top 28,412

Definition

A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.

Etymology

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