Talk:Ljungan
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The name is of South Saami origin and derive from jåga meaning river, reference Professor Finnic-Ugric Bergsland, Knut (1994). Fragment av samisk historie. Røros: Foredrag Saemien Våhkoe. The name is from Hædrums maps from 1673. —Preceding unsigned comment added by XiXaXo (talk • contribs) 20:08, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- No it is not, the name is of Old Norse origin and is first encountered as *Oghn in 1412. The J comes from the preposition i, English "in". *Oghn comes from ON ógn which means e.g. dreadful, terrible. It is all perfectely explained in the source I have provided. The a comes from aa (Germanic for river) and the n is a definite article, thus creating the form found on the map. And Bergsland is certainly no authority when it comes to placenames. AFAIK his research have been used in several local courts and have been dismissed. And Ljungan is located in an area with a very long Germanic spoken history. //Heimvennar - divider 21:18, 29 July 2008 (UTC)