Where does “Yngvildr” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Yngvildr”, step by step

Yngvildr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse Yngvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseYngviYngvi, the original name of Freyr
2Proto-Germanic*IngwôIng, Yngvi, god of fertility

via Old Norse hildr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehildrbattle
2Proto-Germanichildizbattle, fight

Words derived from “Yngvildr”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *Ingwô →Every word from Old Norse Yngvi →