chatel

See also: châtél

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English chatel (whence modern English chattel), from Old French chatel.

Noun

chatel (collective)

1. (business, finance, insurance, economics) capital

   Synonym: kevalav

2. cattle

   Synonyms: biw, bughes, gwarthek, lonnow

Derived terms

• chatelydh m, chatelydhes f (“capitalist”)
• chatelydhieth (“capitalism”)

Mutation

Mutation of chatel

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
chatel	jatel	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “chatel” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Franco-Provençal

Noun

chatel (Old Dauphinois)

1. alternative form of châthél (“castle”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “castellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 468

Old French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin capitale, nominalization of Latin capitālis.

Alternative forms

• captel, catel, chetel

Noun

chatel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chateaus or chateax or chatiaus or chatiax or chatels, nominative singular chateaus or chateax or chatiaus or chatiax or chatels, nominative plural chatel)

1. possession

Descendants

• Middle French: chaiptel, chatel, chetel
  • French: cheptel
  • Norman: catel
  • → Norman: chatel
• → Middle Dutch: caftel, cachtel
  • Dutch: kachtel
• → Middle English: catel; chatel
  • English: cattle; chattel
  • Scots: cattle
  • → Cornish: chatel

Etymology 2

See chastel.

Noun

chatel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chateaus or chateax or chatiaus or chatiax or chatels, nominative singular chateaus or chateax or chatiaus or chatiax or chatels, nominative plural chatel)

1. alternative form of chastel

References

• “chatel¹”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026. (possession)
• “chatel²”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026. (alternative form of chastel)