Re: [tied] Yngvi's etymology

On 2007-05-14 19:45, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> ON Yngvi < ..... ?

...

> Any PIE explanation?
>
> *Ungiwan < *ngHi-gWhon "snake-killer" ? Good meaning, but no relation
> wih Freyr-Yngvi's myths.
> *Ingwan, -az < *EngWHon (-os), EnkWon, EngHwon, Enkwon.
> *Jingwan < *Jima-gwan < *Yemo-gHWon "Twin-Killer"?
> *Iningwaz akin to Sanskrit Ananga, Kama's epythet?

The various Germanic forms go back to *inGwa-z ~ weak *inGwan-; the rest
is guesswork. A pre-Germanic prototype should have been *h1enkWó- or
*h1engWHo- (or perhaps something with *k(^)w or *g(^)Hw in it).

Piotr