cassanos

See also: Cassanos

Gaulish

Etymology

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

Noun

cassanos m

an oak (tree)
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.

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