flet

Meaning

1. (dialectal, rare) Floor; bottom; lower surface.
2. (dialectal, rare) A house; home.

Synonyms

witch

witch flounder

grey flounder

pole flounder

Torbay sole

Craig fluke

witch sole

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: flet

Inherited from Old English: flet

Cognate with Dutch: vlet

Cognate with Low German: Flet

Cognate with German: Fletz

In summary

From Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), from Old English flet, flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *flati, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Dutch vlet (“flat-bottomed vessel, dory”), Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), German Fletz, Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”). More at flat.