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ffon.

stick (piece of wood)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɔn/
  1. stick (piece of wood)

    feminine · not-mutable
  2. cane, walking stick

    feminine · not-mutable
  3. rung

    feminine · not-mutable · usually
  4. spoke of a wheel

    feminine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

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”)).

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