• @TheGod@lemmy.world
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      02 years ago

      Fun Fact, defenestration is called that bc Fenster or similar are the word for Windows in central european languages.

      It is basically dewindowering someone

      • @daniskarma@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Fenestra is the latin word for window. Similar words are used in some latin languages as Italian, catalán or Galician.

        I don’t think it would be much used in central Europe, maybe in Romanian, as it also derivated from latin. But I don’t think that would be the case for Germanic or slavic languages.

        Edit: just looked it up, seems like some Germanic languages also have the same Latin root for window.

        • @Krotz@lemmy.world
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          Dutch has the word “venster” which also means window, however the word “raam” is more commonly used.

          Bonus fact: a window sill is a vensterbank (literally window bench/couch)