tchêne

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, from Gaulish kassanos.

tchêne m (plural tchênes)

1. oak

• Oberli, Marie-Louis (2006) Patois - Français : Le Djâsaie De Tchie Nos, Glossaire Patois des Franches-Montagnes‎^[1] (in French)

From Old Northern French *quesne (compare Old French chesne), from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, from Gaulish [Term?].

tchêne m (plural tchênes)

1. (Jersey) oak

• kyeen (Sark)

From Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

tchêne f (plural tchênes)

1. (Jersey) cane

• donner la tchêne (“to cane”)