History: Fix misspelling "Gaullish" to "Gaulish"← Previous revisionRevision as of 20:31, 24 October 2026 Line 152: Line 152: [[File:Seine by Eiffel.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Seine and Eiffel Tower]] [[File:Seine by Eiffel.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Seine and Eiffel Tower]] The name {{lang|fr|Seine}} comes from Gaullish {{lang|la|[[Sequana|Sēquana]]}}, from the Celtic [[Gallo-Roman religion|Gallo-Roman]] goddess of the river, as offerings for her were found at the source. Sometimes it is incorrectly associated with Latin {{lang|la|sequor}} 'follow', but the Celtic word rather seems to derive from the same root as English ''sea'', namely [[Proto-Indo-European]] ''*seikw-'', signifying 'to flow' or 'to pour forth'.Julius Pokorny, ''Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch'' (Francke, 1959), word 1664 https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/natlang/ie/pokorny.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806212825/https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/natlang/ie/pokorny.html |date=6 August 2020 }} The name {{lang|fr|Seine}} comes from Gaulish {{lang|la|[[Sequana|Sēquana]]}}, from the Celtic [[Gallo-Roman religion|Gallo-Roman]] goddess of the river, as offerings for her were found at the source. Sometimes it is incorrectly associated with Latin {{lang|la|sequor}} 'follow', but the Celtic word rather seems to derive from the same root as English ''sea'', namely [[Proto-Indo-European]] ''*seikw-'', signifying 'to flow' or 'to pour forth'.Julius Pokorny, ''Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch'' (Francke, 1959), word 1664 https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/natlang/ie/pokorny.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806212825/https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/natlang/ie/pokorny.html |date=6 August 2020 }} On 28 or 29 March 845, an army of [[Vikings]] led by a chieftain named Reginherus, which is possibly another name for [[Ragnar Lothbrok]], sailed up the River Seine with siege towers and [[Siege of Paris (845)|sacked Paris]]. On 28 or 29 March 845, an army of [[Vikings]] led by a chieftain named Reginherus, which is possibly another name for [[Ragnar Lothbrok]], sailed up the River Seine with siege towers and [[Siege of Paris (845)|sacked Paris]].