Window - a starting point to a new world
<p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="transparent">transparent</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wall">wall</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="allows">allows</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="closed">closed</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="sealed">sealed</span>, <span word="air">air</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sound">sound</span>. <span word="Windows">Windows</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="glazed">glazed</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="transparent">transparent</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="translucent">translucent</span> <span word="material">material</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="float">float</span> <span word="glass">glass</span>. <span word="Windows">Windows</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="frames">frames</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="collapsing">collapsing</span> <span word="in">in</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="glazed">glazed</span> <span word="windows">windows</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="opened">opened</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="ventilation">ventilation</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="closed">closed</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="exclude">exclude</span> <span word="inclement">inclement</span> <span word="weather">weather</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="originates">originates</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Old">Old</span> <span word="Norse">Norse</span> <span word="vindauga">vindauga</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="vindr">vindr</span><span word="wind">wind</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="auga">auga</span><span word="eye">eye</span>, <span word="i">i</span>.<span word="e">e</span>. <span word="wind">wind</span> <span word="eye">eye</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="Norwegian">Norwegian</span> <span word="Nynorsk">Nynorsk</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Icelandic">Icelandic</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Old">Old</span> <span word="Norse">Norse</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="survived">survived</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="day">day</span> , <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Swedish">Swedish</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="vind">vind</span>?<span word="ga">ga</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hole">hole</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roof">roof</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hut">hut</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Danish">Danish</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="vindue">vindue</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Norwegian">Norwegian</span> <span word="Bokm">Bokm</span>?<span word="l">l</span> <span word="vindu">vindu</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="link">link</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="lost">lost</span>, <span word="just">just</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="window">window</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Danish">Danish</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="pronounced">pronounced</span> <span word="fairly">fairly</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="window">window</span>.</p><p> <span word="Window">Window</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> 13<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="originally">originally</span> <span word="referred">referred</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unglazed">unglazed</span> <span word="hole">hole</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="roof">roof</span>. <span word="Window">Window</span> <span word="replaced">replaced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Old">Old</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="eagtyrl">eagtyrl</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="literally">literally</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="eye">eye</span>-<span word="hole">hole</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eagduru">eagduru</span> <span word="eye">eye</span>-<span word="door">door</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="Germanic">Germanic</span> <span word="languages">languages</span> <span word="however">however</span> <span word="adopted">adopted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Latin">Latin</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="fenestra">fenestra</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="describe">describe</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="glass">glass</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="standard">standard</span> <span word="Swedish">Swedish</span> <span word="f">f</span>?<span word="nster">nster</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="German">German</span> <span word="Fenster">Fenster</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Scandinavian">Scandinavian</span> <span word="influence">influence</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="loanwords">loanwords</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Viking">Viking</span> <span word="Age">Age</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="fenester">fenester</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="parallel">parallel</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-18<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fenestration">fenestration</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="describe">describe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="arrangement">arrangement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="windows">windows</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fa">fa</span>?<span word="ade">ade</span>.</p>
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