vindauga

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === vindauge vindøge (Bergen dialect) === Etymology === A compound of vind (“wind”) +‎ auga (“eye”) inherited from Old Norse vindauga, whence also English window. Attested in 1646 as Vindaauge in Christen Jensøn’s Norwegian dictionary. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²vɪn(d)œʊː(ɡ)a/ === Noun === vindauga n (definite singular vindauga, indefinite plural vindaugo, definite plural vindaugo) a window Synonym: glashol definite plural of vindauge ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === skjå === References === “vindauga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. Torleiv Hannaas (1915), Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 93 “vindauga” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Old Norse == === Etymology === 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 === vindauga n (genitive vindauga, plural vindaugu) window Synonyms: gluggi m, vindgluggr m ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vindauga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive