Ingvaeonic

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Etymology

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From Latin Ingaevōnēs + -ic. The first element is of Germanic origin and could mean "descendant of Yngvi."

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪŋ.viːˈɒ.nɪk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪŋ.viˈɑ.nɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
  • Hyphenation: Ing‧vae‧o‧nic

Adjective

Ingvaeonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the North Sea Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Ingvaeonic

  1. (linguistics) North Sea Germanic, a postulated grouping of the West Germanic languages that comprises Old Frisian, Old English, and Old Saxon (and their descendants).
    • 2018, Robert D. Fulk, A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic Languages, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, page 18:
      Particularly important for the question of West Germanic unity are the position and composition of Ingvaeonic or North Sea Germanic, the latter term now tending to prevail over the former.

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References

  • Tacitus, Angricola and Germania, translated by Harold Mattingly, revised by J.B. Rives, Penguin Books 2009, Germania, 2 and note 6.

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