Where does “Seine” come from?

Seine derives from French Seine, from Latin Sequana, a river name of unknown origin.

Seine (English): that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre

Definitions

  1. that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre

Ancestry of “Seine”, step by step

Seine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English seġne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishseġne—
2Proto-West Germanicsagīna—
3Latinsagenaseine
4Ancient Greekσαγήνηlarge dragnet, seine; hunting net

via French Seine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSeineseine (for fishing)
2LatinSequanaThe

Words derived from “Seine”

Every word from Ancient Greek σαγήνη →Every word from Latin sagena →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sagīna →