Talk:fensterln

RFC discussion: September 2015
What a strange definition. ~Eloquio (talk) 08:56, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Unchanged since 2005! I can see what the user's on about I'll change it. Renard Migrant (talk) 18:00, 1 September 2015 (UTC)


 * IMO this is clean now. - -sche (discuss) 19:16, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Etymology
The current etymology is a mere surface analysis. It is not the case that it follows the definition. Rather the definition follows the supposed etymology, which looks like it might be a folk etymology. I am pretty sure that windows (Fenster) are not prerequisite for a sneak peak under the sheats. A good etymology would offer precise date, location and original quotation, but this is missing and not to be expected for slang.

Alternatively, it may be a reinterpretation of stehlen "2. (reflexive) to skulk, to move secretly" as in the current idiom sich davon stehlen. If "davon" is univerbated from da + von, is it imaginable that an older idiom involved only "von" (v being homophone with f for all intents and purposes in High German), akin to Slavic po-, distantly comparable to highly conflated and polysemous ver- in German. If so, an accurate explanation would be desirable, especially with regards to the first element, but perhaps also with regard to the unsolved mystery of fenestra.

On the other hand, cp. defenestrate. 2A00:20:6042:AFD4:15A6:17FB:6FC0:DAA0 17:04, 25 December 2020 (UTC)