"Inguz" meaning in All languages combined

See Inguz on Wiktionary

Proper name [Proto-Germanic]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Inguz [nominative, singular], Ingauz [genitive, 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 (Old Dutch): Inga Derived forms (Old High German): Inguin, Inga Derived forms (Proto-West Germanic): Ingwini, Ingwā
    Sense id: en-Inguz-gem-pro-name-0UO7XFny Categories (other): Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 44 6 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 43 44 12 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of 'Old Dutch': 54 42 3 Disambiguation of 'Old High German': 57 38 4 Disambiguation of 'Proto-West Germanic': 54 42 3
  2. Son of Mannus, progenitor of the Ynglings and Ingaevones. Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-Inguz-gem-pro-name-3C26XUkd Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 55 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 44 6 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 43 44 12 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 36 24
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᛜ, ᛝ (ng) Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-Inguz-gem-pro-name-WhGQTwfo Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 43 44 12 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 36 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ingwina [Beowulf] (alt: gen.pl.) [Old-English], Yngvin [Old-Norse], Ynguni [Old-Norse], Yngunni (english: West-Germanic borrowing?) [Old-Norse], Ingwiniz (alt: < gen.sg. of *Ingwô; or + *winiz) (english: friend), → Latin: Inguiomerus, Ingwjamērijaz, Ingwjamēraz (alt: + *mērijaz; *mēraz), Inge [German], Inga [German], Ing [Central, East, German], Ingwǭ, Ingwô
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