Ingveonic

American

[ing-vee-on-ik] / ˌɪŋ viˈɒn ɪk /

Also Ingvaeonic,

adjective

of or relating to Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon, taken collectively.

Etymology

Origin of Ingveonic

1930–35; after Latin Ingvaeōnēs (Pliny), Ingaevōnēs (Tacitus) a Germanic tribal group, taken to mean “adherents of *Ingwaz, ” probably a god; compare Old English Ing name of a rune, Old Norse Ing- element in personal names; see -ic

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