hvonn

See also: hvönn, hvǫnn, and hvønn

Faroese

wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris)

Etymology

From Old Norse hvǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *hwannō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwenHdʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian švéndrē (“Phragmites australis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kvɔnː]

Noun

hvonn f (genitive singular hvannar, plural hvannir)

1. angelica (genus Angelica)

Declension

f4	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvonn	hvonnin	hvannir	hvannirnar
accusative	hvonn	hvonnina	hvannir	hvannirnar
dative	hvonn	hvonnini	hvonnum	hvonnunum
genitive	hvannar	hvannarinnar	hvanna	hvannanna

Derived terms

• hvannrót
• hvannjólur
• hvannfræ
• hvanngarður
• Hvannasund
• heimahvonn
• bjargahvonn