“window”的意思是“风的眼睛”?

The word "window" has a poetic old meaning.
window这个词,有个很浪漫的老意思。

It comes from an old Northern language.
它来自一种古老的北方语言。

There, people called a window a "wind eye".
在那种话里,窗户叫“风的眼睛”。

Old houses had no glass on the walls.
老房子的墙上,还没有玻璃。

People made a hole to let the wind in.
人们墙上挖个洞,好让风吹进来。

That hole also let them look outside.
那个洞,还能让他们往外看呢。

So a window became the eye of the wind.
所以窗户,就成了“风的眼睛”。