ffon

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See also: ffôn

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔn/
Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

ffon f (plural ffyn, not mutable)

stick (piece of wood)
cane, walking stick
(of ladder, chair, etc.) rung
(mechanics) spoke of a wheel
Synonyms: sbôc, adain

Derived terms

cynffon (“tail”)
ffon gof (“memory stick”)
ffon y bugail (“henbane; small teasel”)
ffon y plant (“bulrush”)
gwaywffon (“spear, lance”)
pillffon (“piston”)
uwtffon (“porridge stick, spatula”)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 334

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