Föön

See also: foon, -foon, and fo-on

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

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

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 25.