An opening in a wall or vehicle fitted with glass or another transparent material.
Literal older meaning
wind-eye
Language path
Old Norse → Middle English → Modern English
Earliest form
vindauga
Earliest period
Old Norse
Journey
Window comes from Old Norse vindauga, literally “wind-eye.” English adopted the compound instead of the older native word eagthyrel, and the Norse image became the everyday name for an opening in a wall.
Evolution
Old Norse
vindauga
“wind-eye”
Middle English
window
“an opening in a wall”
Modern English
window
“an opening with a frame and transparent covering”
