Föhn
German (Berlin)
/føːn/
noun
Definitions
- (meteorology) foehn warm wind which appears on the leeward side of mountains, for example on the northern side of the alps in south Germany
- hair dryer
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German phonno derived from Latin *faōnius, Favōnius (Favonius, the god of the west wind).
Origin
Latin
Favōnius
Gloss
Favonius, the god of the west wind
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foehn English
- föhn Finnish
- föhn-tuuli Finnish
- föhntuuli Finnish
- föönata Finnish
- fööni Finnish
- *faōnius Latin
- Favōnius Latin
- faonius Latin
- favōnius Latin
- faōnius Latin
- főn Hungarian
- főnt Hungarian
- föhn Italian
- föhn Dutch, Flemish
- föhnen Dutch, Flemish
- föhnwind Dutch, Flemish
- foehn French
- foehner French
- фен Russian
- Φαώνιος Ancient Greek
- føn Norwegian Bokmål
- fön Swedish
- føn Danish
- fen Serbo-Croatian
- ֆեն Armenian
- fōnno Old High German
- phonno Old High German
- fén Slovak
- föhn Slovak
- fön Slovak
- Föön Alemannic German