Where does “sejno” come from?

sejno (Esperanto) comes from English Seine, from Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic sagīna, from Latin sagena, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη — large dragnet, seine; hunting net.

sejno (Esperanto): seine

Definitions

  1. seine

Ancestry of “sejno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSeinethat flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre
2Old Englishseġne—
3Proto-West Germanicsagīna—
4Latinsagenaseine
5Ancient Greekσαγήνηlarge dragnet, seine; hunting net
Every word from Ancient Greek σαγήνη →Every word from Latin sagena →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sagīna →