vindauga

 

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• vindauge n

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

• IPA^(key): /²vɪn(d)œʊː(ɡ)a/

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

1. a window

   Synonym: glashol

2. definite plural of vindauge

• skjå

• “vindauga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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”).

vindauga n (genitive vindauga, plural vindaugu)

1. window

• gluggi m
• vindgluggr m

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