chaudun

Old French

Alternative forms

• caldun, caudun (Northern)

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin caldūmen, from caldus (“warm”) +‎ -men (abstract nominal suffix). Compare chaud.

Pronunciation

• (early) IPA^(key): /tʃalˈdyn/, (northern) /kalˈdyn/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /tʃau̯ˈdyn/, (northern) /kau̯ˈdyn/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ʃau̯ˈdyn/, (northern) /kau̯ˈdyn/

Noun

chaudun oblique singular, m (oblique plural chauduns, nominative singular chauduns, nominative plural chaudun)

1. The intestines or entrails of an animal.
2. A sauce made from these entrails.

Derived terms

• chaudumel
• chaudumer

Descendants

• Middle French: chaudun, chauldun
  • → Middle English: chaudoun, chaudewyne, chawdern, chawdon, chawdron, chawduen, chawdwyn
    • English: chawdron, chaldron, chaudron, chauldron (historical)
• Norman: chaudin
  • → French: chaudin
• Picard: chaudin
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: chàudin
  • → Cajun French: chaudin
    • → English: chaudin
• → Middle High German: kaldūne
  • German: Kaldaunen
  • → Czech: kaldoun
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Latin script: kalduni
    • Cyrillic script: калдуни
  • → Upper Sorbian: kałdony
  • → Lower Sorbian: kałduna, kałdyna
• → Middle Low German: kaldūne
  • Low German: Kalduun
  • → Polish: kałdun, kołdun
    • → Kashubian: kałdun
    • ⇒ Polish: kołduny
      • → Belarusian: калдуны́ (kalduný)
      • → Lithuanian: koldūnai
      • → Russian: колдуны́ (kolduný) (dialectal)
  • → Swedish: kallun