Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Ingwō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Ingwô.

Noun

*Ingwō m

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

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *Ingwō
Genitive *Ingwini, *Ingwan
Singular Plural
Nominative *Ingwō *Ingwan
Accusative *Ingwan *Ingwan
Genitive *Ingwini, *Ingwan *Ingwanō
Dative *Ingwini, *Ingwan *Ingwum
Instrumental *Ingwini, *Ingwan *Ingwum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: ᛝᚹ (*ingwe, gen.sg.)[n 1]
  • Old Dutch: Ingo
  • Old High German: Ingo
  • → Late Latin: Inguo [9th c. CE, Codex Sangallensis 732]

Notes

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

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
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