feon

== Esperanto == === Noun === feon accusative singular of feo == Irish == === Noun === feon m (genitive singular feoin, nominative plural feoin) alternative form of feothan (“breeze, gust”) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fe͜oːn/ === Verb === fēon (contraction) alternative form of fēoġan == Old French == === Alternative forms === faon, fan, foun, feoun fon, foon, fooun, faun, fououn === Etymology === From an earlier *feḍon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem. Attested in Philippe de Thaon's Bestiare. === Pronunciation === (classical, late) IPA(key): /fəˈun/, /faˈun/, /fuˈun/ === Noun === feon oblique singular, m (oblique plural feons, nominative singular feons, nominative plural feon) whelp (young animal) fawn (young deer) ==== Descendants ==== Franc-Comtois: fion Lorrain: fawon, fâyon, fowon Middle French: faon, fan French: faon → Middle English: foun, faon, fawne, ffowen, foine, foowne, fowen, fownEnglish: fawn ==== References ==== feon on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*fētō”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 486