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)

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

• 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”)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts

Proto-Germanic *windaz

Old Norse vindr

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der.

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᚷᚨ (*auga)

Old Norse auga

Old Norse vindauga

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: windughæ
  • Danish: vindue n
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: vindu n
• → Middle English: wyndowe
  • English: window (dialectal windon, obsolete windore)
  • Middle Scots: window, windo; windok, wondok
    • Scots: winda, windae, wunda, wundae; winnock, wunnock
• → Middle Irish: fuindeóc f
  • Irish: fuinneog f
  • Manx: uinnag f
  • Scottish Gaelic: uinneag f
• → German: Windauge (calque)

Further reading

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