Ingveonic

[ ing-vee-on-ik ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ingveonic¹

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; -ic