ofn

From Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ovn, Norwegian Nynorsk omn, Swedish ugn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns)), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Old Armenian ակութ (akutʿ), Albanian anë, Latin aulla, olla, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós)).

• IPA^(key): /ɔpn/
• Rhymes: -ɔpn

ofn m (genitive singular ofns, nominative plural ofnar)

1. oven
2. stove
3. furnace
4. radiator

• bakarofn (“baking oven”)
• blástursofn (“convection oven”)
• brennsluofn (“kiln”)
• bræðsluofn (“furnace”)
• ofnhanski (“oven glove, oven mitt”)
• ofnsteiktur (“oven-cooked, oven-roasted”)
• rafmagnsofn (“electric oven, electric heater”)
• örbylgjuofn (“microwave oven”)

• ofen

From West Germanic *ofn, from Northwest Germanic *ufnaz, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈofn̩/, [ˈovn̩]

ofn m

1. oven, stove
2. furnace

• Middle English: oven
  • Scots: ovin, uven, une
  • English: oven

From Proto-Celtic *obno- (“fear”) (compare Breton aon, Cornish own, Old Irish ómun).

ofn m (plural ofnau)

1. fear

• ofni (“to fear”)
• ofnus (“fearful, timorous”)