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Re: [romconlang] Lugdunum > Lyon? Sagonna > Saone

I wrote:

> Also, is Sagonna the real ancient name of Sa�ne or is
> it later?

Thanks to Wikipedia I now know that:

# The name Sa�ne derives from that of the Celtic river
# goddess Souconna. However, the recorded ancient name of
# the river was Arar.

Hmm, souconna > *sauconna > *saugonna > *sauGona > *saGona
> Sa�ne, evidently, with _Sagonna_ a spelling for the
*saGona stage. So probably _Saugone_ or _Sagone_ in
R#3/Rhodrese.

The Lugdunum > Lyon puzzle remains, however...
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