föhn
Dutch (Brabantic)
/føːn/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) hair dryer
- foehn
Etymology
Borrowed from German Föhn (foehn, hair dryer) derived 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
- *faōnius Latin
- Favōnius Latin
- faonius Latin
- favōnius Latin
- faōnius Latin
- Föhn German
- Föhnwind German
- föhnen German
- főn Hungarian
- föhn Italian
- föhnen Dutch, Flemish
- föhnwind Dutch, Flemish
- wind Dutch, Flemish
- foehn French
- фен Russian
- Φαώνιος Ancient Greek
- føn Norwegian Bokmål
- fön Swedish
- føn Danish
- fen Serbo-Croatian
- fōnno Old High German
- phonno Old High German
- fén Slovak
- föhn Slovak
- fön Slovak