chastaigne

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chastaigne.

Noun

chastaigne f (plural chastaignes)

1. chestnut

Descendants

• French: châtaigne

Old French

Alternative forms

• castagne, castaigne (northern)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin castanea.

Noun

chastaigne oblique singular, f (oblique plural chastaignes, nominative singular chastaigne, nominative plural chastaignes)

1. chestnut

Descendants

• Middle French: chastaigne
  • French: châtaigne
• Gallo: châtain
• Norman: chât'nyi
• Picard: castagne
• Walloon: cascagne
• → Middle Dutch: castaenge
  • Dutch: kastanje
    • Jersey Dutch: kestänne
    • → Indonesian: kastanye
• → Middle English: chesteyne, chasteine, chasten, chasteyn, chaston, chestan, chestayn, chesten, chestein, chestyn, cheston, kesteyn
  • English: chesten (obsolete)
    • ⇒ English: chestnut
      • → Middle Scots: chastnut (calque)
        • Scots: chestnut
  • Middle Scots: chastan, chasten, chestane

References

• “chastaigne”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.