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Where does “fenster” come from?

fenster (Westrobothnian) comes from Middle Low German venster, from Old Saxon *fenstar, from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr, from Latin fenestra, from Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀.

fenster (Westrobothnian): Window

Definitions

  1. Window

Ancestry of “fenster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvenster—
2Old Saxon*fenstar—
3Proto-West Germanic*fenestr—
4Latinfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a...
5Etruscan*𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀—
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