Etymology

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Today it means: The third largest island of Denmark. Full definition →

Danish Fyn ← German Fünen
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  1. German · derived fromFünen
  2. Danish · derived fromFyn
  3. English todayFunen

From Danish Fyn, likely through German Fünen. Related with Danish fyge (“to blow around”), hence "windswept place".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.