vindauga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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)

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

Derived terms

  • bilvindauga
  • blyglasvindauga
  • blyvindauga
  • bogevindauga
  • butikkvindauga
  • dobbeltvindauga
  • gangvindauga
  • gittervindauga
  • gongevindauga
  • karnappvindauga
  • kjellarvindauga
  • kyrkjevindauga
  • loftsvindauga
  • overgangsvindauga
  • tofagsvindauga
  • vindaugsblad
  • vindaugsglas
  • vindaugshake
  • vindaugshaspe
  • vindaugshengsel
  • vindaugskarm
  • vindaugskitt
  • vindaugskonvolutt
  • vindaugskrok
  • vindaugsopning
  • vindaugsplass
  • vindaugspost
  • vindaugspussar
  • vindaugspussing
  • vindaugsramme
  • vindaugsrute
  • vindaugssprosse
  • vindaugsspylar
  • vindaugsutstilling
  • vindaugsviskar
  • vippevindauga

See also

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)

  1. window
    Synonyms: gluggi m, vindgluggr m

Declension

Declension of vindauga (weak an-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vindauga vindaugat vindaugu vindaugun
accusative vindauga vindaugat vindaugu vindaugun
dative vindauga vindauganu vindaugum vindaugunum
genitive vindauga vindaugans vindaugna vindaugnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vindauga n
  • Faroese: vindeyga n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vindauga n, vindauge, vindøge (Bergen dialect)
  • Old Swedish: vindøgha
    • Swedish: vindöga n (archaic, dialectal)
  • Old Danish: windughe
  • → Middle English: wyndowe
  • → Middle Irish: fuindeóc f

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vindauga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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