Where does “windowsill” come from?
Windowsill is derived from English window and sill, with window coming from Middle English selle, Old Norse vindauga, and Latin cella.
windowsill (English): The horizontal member protruding from the base of...
Definitions
- The horizontal member protruding from the base of...
Ancestry of “windowsill”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | window | An opening, usually covered by one or more panes... |
| 2 | Middle English | windowe | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | vindauga | window |
| 4 | Old Norse | vindr | wind; awry; second/third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | windaz | wind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |