windowy

English

Etymology

From window +‎ -y.

Adjective

windowy (comparative more windowy, superlative most windowy)

1. (rare, obsolete) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window. [17th c.]
   • a. 1631, John Donne, “The Baite”, in Poems, published 1633:

     Let others freeze with angling reeds,
     And cut their legges, with shells and weeds,
     Or treacherously poore fish beset,
     With strangling snare, or windowie net […]

2. Having many windows. [from 19th c.]

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *windanąder.

Old High German *winda

Middle High German winde

German Windebor.

Polish winda

Proto-Indo-European *-usder.

Proto-Indo-European *-osder.

Proto-Slavic *-ovъ

Old Polish -owy

Polish -owy

Polish windowy

From winda + -owy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vinˈdɔ.vɘ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvɘ
• Syllabification: win‧do‧wy

Adjective

windowy (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (mechanics, relational) elevator, lift (permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building)

Declension

Declension of windowy (hard)

	singular				plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative/vocative	windowy		windowa	windowe	windowi	windowe
genitive	windowego		windowej	windowego	windowych
dative	windowemu		windowej	windowemu	windowym
accusative	windowego	windowy	windową	windowe	windowych	windowe
instrumental	windowym		windową	windowym	windowymi
locative	windowym		windowej	windowym	windowych

Related terms

nouns

• winda
• windziarz

verbs

• windować impf
• zwindować pf

Further reading

• “windowy”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)