vindöga
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vind (“wind”) + öga (“eye”), from Old Swedish vindøgha (vind (“wind”) + øgha (“eye”)), from Old Norse vindauga (vindr (“wind”) + auga (“eye”)). Cognate with English window, Scots wyndo, wyndok, winnock, Icelandic vindauga, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Danish vindue, old German Windauge.
Noun
[edit]vindöga n
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vindöga | vindögas |
| definite | vindögat | vindögats | |
| plural | indefinite | vindögon | vindögons |
| definite | vindögonen | vindögonens |
Synonyms
[edit]- fönster (used in modern Swedish)
Further reading
[edit]- vindöga in Svensk ordbok.