From: Christopher Gwinn
Message: 5564
Date: 2001-01-16
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From: "João Simões Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Ingui
> No relation.
> Oengus < *Oinogusto-. (Chris Gwinn can give a complet explanation)
>
Yup - in fact *Oino-gusto means "Single Choice" (PIE *oi-no-geus-t-). I
suppose a Germanic equivalent would have looked like: *Ain-keus-.
I have often wondered about Ingwi, however - what IS the etymology?
Since Freyr is a fertility god connected with phalloi, can the name come
from *engW- "groin," or perhaps a suffixed form of *yem "twin" (perhaps
*yem-ko-), noting Freyr's twin connections.
-Chris Gwinn