fön
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- strong, hot wind in mountainous regions
- hair dryer
Etymology
Derived from German Föhn (foehn, hair dryer).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Föhn
Gloss
foehn, hair dryer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foehn English
- föhn Finnish
- föönaaminen Finnish
- föönata Finnish
- föönaus Finnish
- fööni Finnish
- *faōnius Latin
- faonius Latin
- Föhn German
- főn Hungarian
- föhn Italian
- föhn Dutch, Flemish
- foehn French
- фен Russian
- føn Norwegian Bokmål
- føn Danish
- fen Serbo-Croatian
- phonno Old High German
- fén Slovak
- föhn Slovak
- fön Slovak