- κάστανα
- κάσταναGrammatical information: n. pl.,Meaning: `sweet chestnuts' (Mnesith. ap. Ath. 2, 54b, Gal. Dsc. as v. l.)Other forms: also κάστανοι (Gal.), ; sg. κάστανον (Gp.), -ος (H. s. καρύαι), καστανίαι (Dsc.)Compounds: As 2. member in βαλανο-κάστανον = βάλανος καστανικός (thus Gal.) and βολβο-κάστανον `earth-nut' (Alex. Trall.).Derivatives: καστάναια, -εια pl. = κάστανα (Att. inscr.), καστανέη `chestnut-tree', καστανεών `chestnut-forest' (Gp.), καστανικός (Gal.; s. above), κασταναϊκὸν κάρυον (Thphr.); Καστανὶς αἶα land in Anatolia (Nic. Al. 271; cf. Καστανέα = πόλις Μαγνησίας EM).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unclear is the η in καστηνοῦ (gen.) `chestnut-tree' (Nic. Al. 269). Anatolian?; cf. except the GN mentioned Arm. kask `chestnut', kaskeni `chestnut-tree'. - From κάστανον, -άνεια Lat. castanea (cf. e. g. picea), from where a. o. OHG chestinna, through new borrowing NHG Kastan(i)e. Further s. W.-Hofmann s. castanea. Fur. 389 has a variation κ \/ τ, but there is no Pre-Greek material for this (the k in Armenian may be due to assimilation). The variation -αια \/ -εια may be a Pre-Greek feature (Beekes, Pre-Greek, Suffixes sub 6. -αι-\/-ε(ι)-.Page in Frisk: 1,799
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