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Where does “Yngvi” come from?

Yngvi (Faroese) comes from Old Norse Yngvi, from Proto-Germanic *Ingwô.

Ancestry of “Yngvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseYngvi—
2Proto-Germanic*Ingwô—
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