øye

From Danish øje, replaced native aue, from Old Danish øghæ, from Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk auga, auge, Icelandic auga, Faroese eyga and Swedish öga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈœ̂ʏ̯ə/

øye n (definite singular øyet, indefinite plural øyne or øyer, definite plural øynene or øyene or øya)

1. (anatomy) an eye

   et blått øye - a black eye

   med det blotte øye - with the naked eye

2. eye (hole in a needle)

• auga, auge (Nynorsk)

• “øye” in The Bokmål Dictionary.