vindöga
Swedish
Etymology
From vind (“wind”) + öga (“eye”), from Old Swedish vindøgha (vind (“wind”) + øgha (“eye”)), from Old Norse vindauga (vindr (“wind”) + auga (“eye”)). Cognate with English window, Scots wyndo, wyndok, winnock, Icelandic vindauga, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Danish vindue, old German Windauge.
Declension
| Declension of vindöga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vindöga | vindögat | vindögon | vindögonen |
| Genitive | vindögas | vindögats | vindögons | vindögonens |
Synonyms
- fönster (used in modern Swedish)
Further reading
- vindöga in Svensk ordbok.
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