ffon

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ffonn, from Proto-Celtic *sɸondo- (compare Breton houn, Irish sonn ‘cudgel, beam’), from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂en- (compare Latin sponda (“bedstead”), English spoon, Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fɔn]

Noun

ffon f (plural ffyn) 

1. stick (piece of wood)

References

• Ranko Matasović, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, Brill: Leiden-Boston, 2009, page 334