把brittle的祖先再往前推了不少年份，触及古日耳曼语，古高地德语，以及古斯堪地那维亚语。
Etymonline pushes the date for the parents of brittle even further back, invoking proto-germanic, Old High German and Old Norse.
《美国传统词典》写道，window属于古斯堪地那维亚人很喜欢自创的所谓“隐喻语”(kenning)。
The American Heritage Dictionary says that window is an example of a type of word called a “kenning” that the Norse loved to invent.
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