castanna

• castana, castaña, castanha

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

castanna f (plural castannas)

1. chestnut

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtaɲa/

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.

• Spanish: castaña (see there for further descendants)