"Inguz" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See Inguz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Inguz [nominative, singular], Ingu [singular, vocative], Ingų [accusative, singular], Ingauz [genitive, singular], Ingiwi [dative, singular], Ingū [instrumental, singular]
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from *inguz, *unguz (“mortal; man”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱús (“dead, mortal”), from *neḱ- (“to die, perish”) + *-us. Thought to be the human incarnation of Nerthus, and the original name of the Norse fertility god Freyr. Etymology templates: {{unc|gem-pro}} Uncertain, {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*néḱus|*n̥ḱús|t=dead, mortal}} Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱús (“dead, mortal”), {{suf|ine-pro|*neḱ-|*us|nocat=1|t1=to die, perish}} *neḱ- (“to die, perish”) + *-us Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun|nopl=1}}
  1. Ing, Yngvi, god of fertility Tags: masculine, reconstruction Derived forms (Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwini): Ingwina [Beowulf] (alt: gen.pl.) [Old-English] Derived forms (Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwini; Old High German): Inguin Derived forms (Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwō): → Late Latin: Inguo [9th c. CE, Codex Sangallensis 732] Derived forms (Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwō; Old Saxon): ᛝᚹ (gen.sg.) (alt: *ingwe)
    Sense id: en-Inguz-gem-pro-name-0UO7XFny Categories (other): Old Saxon terms in nonstandard scripts, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Old Saxon terms in nonstandard scripts: 46 26 28 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 54 31 16 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 25 12 Disambiguation of 'Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwini': 56 23 21 Disambiguation of 'Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwini; Old High German': 52 25 23 Disambiguation of 'Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwō': 56 23 21 Disambiguation of 'Proto-West Germanic: *Ingwō; Old Saxon': 50 21 29
  2. Son of Mannus, progenitor of the Ynglings and Ingaevones. Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-Inguz-gem-pro-name-3C26XUkd
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the ing-rune (ᛜ) Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-Inguz-gem-pro-name-9BP4y46r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ingumēraz Derived forms (*Ingwiniz (< *Ingwiniz gen.sg. of *Ingwô, or + *winiz (“friend”))): Yngvin [Old-Norse], Ynguni [Old-Norse], Yngunni (english: West-Germanic borrowing?) [Old-Norse] Derived forms (*Ingwjamērijaz, *Ingwjamēraz (+ *mērijaz, *mēraz)): → Latin: Inguiomerus Derived forms (*Ingwô): Yngvi [Old-Norse], >? Gothic: [ᛝ]ᛁ (alt: [i(ng)]wi[n]), → Latin: Ingaevōnēs, Ingvaeōnēs (alt: + -ōnēs)
Disambiguation of '*Ingwiniz (< *Ingwiniz gen.sg. of *Ingwô, or + *winiz (“friend”))': 31 32 37 Disambiguation of '*Ingwjamērijaz, *Ingwjamēraz (+ *mērijaz, *mēraz)': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of '*Ingwô': 0 0 0

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    "Adolf Kirchhoff",
    "Beowulf",
    "Codex Vindobonensis 795",
    "Ring of Pietroassa",
    "Wolfgang Krause",
    "de:Brian D. Joseph",
    "de:Ludwig Rübekeil"
  ],
  "word": "Inguz"
}

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