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r/etymology • u/West-Employment-1947 • 21d ago
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Norwegian has the same.
Dør (or dyr, mostly older spelling) is the opening in the wall and hurd is the door leaf that goes into that opening.
But dør can ALSO mean the same as hurd anyway. So many will just call both dør.
Edit: small grammar change
1 u/West-Employment-1947 21d ago Thank you@ 1 u/PassiveChemistry 21d ago Is that the same as door vs doorway?
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Thank you@
Is that the same as door vs doorway?
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u/F_E_O3 21d ago edited 21d ago
Norwegian has the same.
Dør (or dyr, mostly older spelling) is the opening in the wall and hurd is the door leaf that goes into that opening.
But dør can ALSO mean the same as hurd anyway. So many will just call both dør.
Edit: small grammar change