Föön

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German fōnno, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius, the god of the west wind”), from faveō (“favor, support”). Cognate with German Föhn.

Noun

Föön m

(Uri) foehn (warm dry wind blowing down from the northern side of the Alps)

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 25.

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