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vindauga

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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A compound of vind (wind) +‎ auga (eye) inherited from Old Norse vindauga, whence also Modern English window.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²vɪn(d)œʊː(ɡ)a/

Noun

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vindauga n (definite singular vindauga, indefinite plural vindaugo, definite plural vindaugo)

  1. a window
    Synonym: glashol
  2. definite plural of vindauge

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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vindr (wind) +‎ auga (eye)

For semantic parallels, compare Old English ēagþȳrel (window, literally eye-hole) from Old English ēaġe (eye) and Proto-Slavic *okъnò (window) from Proto-Slavic *ȍko (eye).

Noun

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vindauga n (genitive vindauga, plural vindaugu)

  1. window

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • vindauga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press