cisten

• ċysten, *ċeasten, *ċiesten, *ċistene

From Proto-West Germanic *kastannjā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃis.ten/

ċisten f

1. chestnut

• The exact gender is unknown, but it is assumed feminine due to analogy with Old High German chestinna and the Latin castanea.

• ċistenbēam

• stānċeastel
• ċistel

• Middle English: chesteyne, chasteine, chasten, chasteyn, chaston, chestan, chestayn, chesten, chestein, chesteyn, chestyn, cheston, kesteyn (merged with Old French chastaigne)
  • English: chesten (obsolete)
    • ⇒ English: chestnut
      • → Middle Scots: chastnut (calque)
        • Scots: chestnut
  • Middle Scots: chastan, chasten, chestane