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What's the origin of the word window?
Early Scandinavian homes were simply designed and often included a stable area for livestock under the same roof as humans. In the winter, because the tightly shut doors trapped stale air and smoke from the indoor fires, they built holes high on the walls and in the roof for ventilation. They called these openings vindar auga, which means “the winds eye”. When the British copied this practice they modified wind's eye to window.
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From the "BIG Book of Answers" by Doug Lennox |
