Where does “føner” come from?
føner (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål føn, from German föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faonius, from Latin favōnius, from Latin faveō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰoweh₁ — to notice.
føner (Norwegian Bokmål): a hairdryer
Ancestry of “føner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | føn | foehn, a warm dry wind eveloping on the lee side... |
| 2 | German | föhn | singular imperative of föhnen; first-person... |
| 3 | Old High German | phonno | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | faonius | — |
| 5 | Latin | favōnius | — |
| 6 | Latin | faveō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰoweh₁ | to notice |
Words derived from “føner”