Yngvar - Ingwaz or Ingwan

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 6173
Date: 2001-02-18

Beside *Ingwaz there is also ON Yngvi < *Yngwan
 
Doing some "phonetical gymnastic" we can imagine some other origins for Ingwaz/-an
 
Haplology of Uningwa-? Iningwa-? Igingwa-? Ungigwa-? Ugingwa-?
 
Is Yngvi/Yngr really a PIE name?
 
Curious: Ungigwan could be from *Nghwi-gwhon "Snake-killer", analogous to Sanskrit ahi-han (cf. Vrtrahan "Vrtra-killer) and Greek ophiophonos. But unfortunately there's no "snake-killing" trait in Yngvi-Freyr.
 
 
Joao SL
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