{"id":1165,"date":"2021-05-16T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2021-06-16T11:43:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:43:06","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-9-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology 9 \u2013 Window"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 9 \u2013 Window\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-16T17:26:09+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word window [\u02c8w\u026and\u0259\u028a \/ \u02c8w\u026ando\u028a].\n\nDefinition: an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes cont...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1011\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1165-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1165-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"window2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word <strong>window<\/strong> [\u02c8w\u026and\u0259\u028a \/ \u02c8w\u026ando\u028a].<\/p>\n<p>Definition: an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/window\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/infomastern\/26584854244\/in\/photolist-GvdjXW-5ZbW3U-dUPJWH-8Jb8Y-5iAwWn-pinToP-Yg3atZ-oo9STh-2CnpUZ-7TF3dE-2ecqBNc-AAcfX-n6xdwt-2dU1GEa-PJGCaT-467QQm-S19haz-P5nNES-Dn2afv-2eJdWEb-cJg9c1-86xF8y-2fpPnX-piuSLn-22xfPEP-pAgudq-4dvwVZ-25BonHR-qzJK6A-4koj8L-86xPaL-pBY3D-6ahW8g-m2qTm-86xJBb-5VqSyH-86xHsL-Lvauf9-iEHKun-5F8GLH-86xEdY-KG5gW-peH9LG-ondw6o-34itvQ-uhSeoA-4t7mGB-fUUA9-5vtWAJ-8diyQu\" title=\"Windows\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7088\/26584854244_af2aae6aa6_z.jpg\" alt=\"Windows\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Window comes from the Middle English <em>windowe\/windohe\/windoge<\/em>, from the Old Norse <em>vindauga<\/em> (window) or literally \u201cwind-eye\/wind-hole&#8221;, as windows were originally unglazed holes in walls or roofs that allowed the wind to pass through [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/window\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Another word for window in Middle English was <em>fenestre\/fenester<\/em>, which was used in parallel with <em>windowe\/windohe\/windoge<\/em> until the mid 16th century. It comes from the Old French <em>fenestre<\/em> (window), from the Latin <em>fenestra<\/em> (window, breach, loophole, orifice, inlet), which possibly came from Etruscan.<\/p>\n<p>In Old English a window was known as an <em>eag\u00feyrel<\/em> [\u02c8\u00e6\u035c\u0251\u02d0\u0263\u02cc\u03b8y\u02d0.rel] (\u201ceye-hole\u201d) or <em>\u0113agduru<\/em> [\u02c8\u00e6\u035c\u0251\u02d0\u0263\u02ccdu.ru] (\u201ceye-door\u201d). This fell out of use by about 1200 AD [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/search?q=fenestra\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words for window in some other Germanic languages are similar to window, including <strong>vindue<\/strong> [\u02c8vend\u0325u] in Danish, <strong>vindu<\/strong> in Norwegian, <strong>vindeyga<\/strong> [\u02c8v\u026ant\u02cc\u025bi\u02d0ja] in Faroese, and <strong>vind\u00f6ga<\/strong> in Swedish, although that is no longer used, and <strong>f\u00f6nster<\/strong> is used instead.<\/p>\n<p>Words for window in the Goidelic languages were borrowed from Old Norse: <strong>fuinneog<\/strong> [\u02c8f\u02e0\u026an\u0320\u02b2o\u02d0\u0261] in Irish, <strong>uinneag<\/strong> [\u026fn\u032a\u02b2ag] in Scottish Gaelic and <strong>uinnag<\/strong> [on\u02c8ja\u0261] in Manx [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/vindauga#Old_Norse\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Aou__V8gOzw\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aou__V8gOzw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> &#8211; an easy-to-use animated video creator [affiliate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about etymology on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 9 \u2013 Window\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-16T17:26:09+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word window [\u02c8w\u026and\u0259\u028a \/ \u02c8w\u026ando\u028a].\n\nDefinition: an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes cont...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1012\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1165-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1165-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/window2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"window2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word window [\u02c8w\u026and\u0259\u028a \/ \u02c8w\u026ando\u028a]. Definition: an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass [source]. Window comes from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,20,56,95,6,4,50,36,58,84,55,64,1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-danish","category-english","category-etymology","category-faroese-foroyskt-mal","category-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-norwegian-norsk","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-norse-dnsk-tunga","category-podcast","category-scottish-gaelic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}