onn

See also: önn, ǫnn, õnn, and -œnn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫnn.

Noun

onn f (definite singular onna, indefinite plural onner, definite plural onnene)

  1. bustle
  2. perseverance
  3. hard farmwork, usually at a specific time of year
  4. the time period in which hard farmwork is done

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

onn m (plural onns)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) year

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *onnā (compare Cornish/Breton onn), from Proto-Celtic *osnos (compare Old Irish uinnius), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-(e)no-s (compare English ash, Latin ornus).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

onn f (collective, singulative onnen)

  1. ash trees

Quotations
  • c. 1800, “Llwyn Onn [The Ash Grove]”, anonymous lyricist, anonymous composer:
    Yn nyffryn llwyn onn draw mi welais hardd feinwen […]
    In yonder valley of an ash grove I saw a fair maiden […]

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
onn unchanged unchanged honn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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