Where does “Yngvi” come from?

Yngvi (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse Yngvi, from Proto-Germanic *Ingwô — Ing, Yngvi, god of fertility.

Yngvi (Icelandic): Yngvi, the god Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr

Definitions

  1. Yngvi, the god Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr

Ancestry of “Yngvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseYngviYngvi, the original name of Freyr
2Proto-Germanic*IngwôIng, Yngvi, god of fertility
Every word from Proto-Germanic *Ingwô →Every word from Old Norse Yngvi →