An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Föhn

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Föhn.

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2552112An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — FöhnJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Föhn, masculine, a Swiss word, ‘humid and tempestuous south wind’; the corresponding term in Middle High German is wanting, though Old High German fônna, feminine (fônno, masculine), ‘rainy wind, whirlwind,’ is recorded; from Latin favonius (the intermediate form is faunio-), whence also Italian favonio, Rhæto-Romance favuogn.