logs

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lɒɡz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /lɔɡz/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /lɑɡz/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡz

logs

1. plural of log

logs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of log

• Glos, Glos., slog

Probably from Proto-Baltic *lang-, from a variant *leng-, *lang- of Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”) (whence also Latvian liekt (“to bend”), q.v.). According to this hypothesis, the meaning probably evolved from “circle” > “dint” > “hole”, whence “window”. This agrees with the fact that the oldest windows in Northern Europe were actually round holes on the roof for smoke to go out and light to come in which were covered when the weather was cold. Note how in some neighboring languages the word for “window” is related to the word for “eye”, as in Russian окно́ (oknó, “window”), о́ко (óko, “eye (poetic)”). Cognates include Lithuanian lángas, Old Prussian lanxto (= lanksto < langsto). Other (minoritary) opinions compare logs to Sanskrit लक्षते (lakṣate, “to notice, to note”), Old English locian (“to look”), English look, or then derive it from Proto-Indo-European *leng- (“to swing, to flap”) (perhaps because in ancient times windows were covered with animal skins which swung or flapped in the wind).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [luôks]

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logs m (1st declension)

1. window (opening in building or vehicle)

   loga rāmis ― window frame

   loga rūts ― window pane

   loga aizvirtņi ― window shutters

   autobusa logs ― bus window

   jumta logs ― roof window (= skylight)

   istaba ar trim logiem ― a room with three windows

   skatīties pa logu ― to look out the window

logs

1. plural of log