vindauga
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- vindauge
Etymology
From Old Norse vindauga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʋɪndæʉɡɑ/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
vindauga n (definite singular vindauga, indefinite plural vindaugo, definite plural vindaugo)
- window
- definite plural of vindauge
Derived terms
- vindaugsviskar
- vindaugsglas
References
- “vindauga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
vindr (“wind”) + auga (“eye”)
Noun
vindauga n (genitive vindauga, plural vindaugu)
- window
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
- Faroese: vindeyga n
- Middle English: windowe, windohe, windoge
- Scots: wyndok, wyndow, wyndo
- English: window
- Middle Irish: fuindeóc f
- Irish: fuinneog f
- Manx: uinnag f
- Scottish Gaelic: uinneag f
- Norwegian Bokmål: vindu n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vindauga n, vindauge n
- Old Danish: windugh, windughe, wynwe, wyndwe, vinnw, windi, winni, vinduæ
- Danish: vindue n
- Old Swedish: vindøgha
- Swedish: (archaic, dialectal) vindöga n
Synonyms
- gluggi
References
- vindauga in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press