Latin

Noun

cāvannus m ‎(genitive cāvannī); second declension

1. tawny owl

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *cavanus, *cavana
  • Old French: chavan
    • Anjou: chauan
    • Berrichon: chavin, chavon, chavant
  • Old Provençal: chavan, chauana
    • Occitan: chavant, chavancou
  • Picard: cavan

References

• cavannus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cavannus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.