Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Ingwô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *Inguz +‎ *-ô (agent noun).

Noun

*Ingwô m

  1. Ing, Yngvi, god of fertility
  2. a member of the Ingaevones

Inflection

Declension of *Ingwô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *Ingwô *Ingwaniz
vocative *Ingwô *Ingwaniz
accusative *Ingwanų *Ingwanunz
genitive *Ingwiniz *Ingwanǫ̂
dative *Ingwini *Ingwammaz
instrumental *Ingwinē *Ingwammiz

Derived terms

  • *Ingwôbergō
    • Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwōbergu
    • Old Norse: Ingibjǫrg
  • *Ingwômēraz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwō
    • Old Saxon: ᛝᚹ (*ingwe, gen.sg.)[n 1]
    • Old Dutch: Ingo
    • Old High German: Ingo
    • → Late Latin: Inguo [9th c. CE, Codex Sangallensis 732]
  • Old Norse: Yngvi, Ingi
  • >? Gothic: [ᛝ]ᛁ ([i(ng)]wi[n])[n 2]
  • → Latin: Ingaevōnēs, Ingvaeōnēs

Notes

  1. ^ Possible interpretation of Weser runebone inscription #4988, dated 355 – 410 CE.[1][2]
  2. ^ Possible interpretation of the Ring of Pietroassa inscription.[3]

References

  1. ^ Pieper, Peter (1989), Die Weser-Runenknochen, Neue Untersuchungen zur Problematik: Original oder Fälschung, Oldenburg: Isensee, page 154
  2. ^ Elmer H., Antonsen (2002), Runes and Germanic Linguistics (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs), volume 140, Berlin, New York: Mouton De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 318
  3. ^ Harhoiu, Radu; Pieper, Peter; Nedoma, Robert (2003), “Pietroassa”, in Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, volume 23, Berlin, New York
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