fenester

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) beister

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *fenestr, borrowed from Latin fenestra. Cognate with Breton prenestr and Welsh ffenestr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnɛstɛr/

Noun

fenester m (plural fenestri)

1. window

Derived terms

• legh fenester (“window sill”)

References

• “fenester” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fenestr, from Latin fenestra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe.nes.ter/

Noun

fenester n

1. window

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fenester	fenester
accusative	fenester	fenester
genitive	fenestres	fenestra
dative	fenestre	fenestrum

Synonyms

• ēagduru
• ēagþyrel

Descendants

• Middle English: fenestre, fenester

References

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fenester”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.