castanna

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• castana, castaña, castanha

Etymology

Inherited from Latin castanea, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kắstănă).

Noun

castanna f (plural castannas)

1. chestnut

Related terms

• castanheira
• castanheiro
• castanho
• Castanneda

Descendants

• Fala: castaña
• Galician: castaña
• Portuguese: castanha (see there for further descendants)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “casta[ñn+h?a]”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “casta+a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “castanna”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “castanha”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin castaneam, accusative of castanea, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kắstănă).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtaɲa/

Noun

castanna f (plural castannas)

1. chestnut
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 14r:

     Et es fuerte de quebrantar. ⁊ ay dellas grandes ⁊ dellas pequẽnas p̃o siempre la fallan de figura de castanna.

     And it is strong and hard to break. And they can be big and small, but they are always found in the shape of a chestnut.

Descendants

• Spanish: castaña (see there for further descendants)