cassanos

See also: Cassanos

Gaulish

Etymology

From *cass- ‘twist’ (compare Irish cas ‘to twist’, Old Welsh cascord ‘id.’).

Noun

cassanos needs gender

an oak (tree)
oak (wood)

Descendants

Latin: casnus (Mediaeval), *cassanus
- Franco-Provençal: châno
- Occitan: casse
- Old French: chesne, chaisne, chasne
  - Middle French: chesne
    - French: chêne

References

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

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