uinneag

Gaelic (Scots)

noun
Definitions
  • (architecture) window
  • (architecture) Recess in the wall of a kitchen used as a repository for miscellaneous articles.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish fuindeóc derived from Old Norse vindauga (window, wind's eye, wind-hole, wind-aperture, wind-eye).

Origin

Old Norse

vindauga

Gloss

window, wind's eye, wind-hole, wind-aperture, wind-eye

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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