Butt

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (Northern-Germany, masculine, strong) European flounder (Platichthys flesus)
2. (masculine, strong) lefteye flounder (fish of the family Bothidae)
3. (masculine, strong) turbot (fish of the family Scophthalmidae)

Concepten

tarbot

bot

platvis

Synoniemen

Flunder

Plattfisch

Pfeilzahnheilbutt

arktischer Plattfisch

Vertalingen

flet

platija

flounder

bastard halibut

polar plaice

poisson plat

olive flounder

flukes

rectum

kamchatka flounder

california halibut

arrowtooth halibut

flounders

passera

χωματίδα

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bʊt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: bot

Verwant aan Engels: butt

Verwant aan Engels: beat

Verwant aan Duits: bossen

In summary

Borrowed from German Low German Butt, from Middle Low German but, butte, from Old Saxon *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“stumpy”). Cognate with Dutch bot and with English butt, in all senses.
Apparently this word had the primitive meaning of being a stump, i. e. being flattened by reason of beating, whereby the root might be identified with the one of English beat and German bossen, bosseln.