cavannus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Gaulish *cawannos, from Proto-Celtic *kuwannos (“owl”), probably imitative in origin. === Noun === cavannus m (genitive cavannī); second declension (Late Latin, Gaul, dialectal) tawny owl Synonyms: ulula, uluccus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Old French: chavan Middle French: chavan Angevin: chahon, chohon, chéhon, choin Berrichon: chavon Norman: cahouain (Jèrriais) Picard: cavan Poitevin: chaon Saintongeais: chavan Old Occitan: chavan, chauana Occitan: chavant, chavancou Zarphatic Old French: javan French: chat-huant Asturian: cárabu === References === “cavannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cavannus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.