cassanos

See also: Cassanos

Gaulish

Etymology

From *kass- (“twist’”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”), Old Welsh cas (“cord, id.”)), from Proto-Celtic *kassos (“curly, woven, twisted”).

Noun

cassanos m

1. an oak (tree)
2. oak (wood)

Descendants

• Latin: casnus (Mediaeval), *cassanus
  • Franco-Provençal: châno
  • Occitan: casse, cassan
  • Piedmontese: casna
  • Old French: kesne (Northern Old French), chesne, chaisne, chasne
    • Middle French: chesne
      • French: chêne
    • Norman: quêne
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cassanilla
    • Catalan: cassanella

References

• Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, published 2003, →ISBN, page 109.