Etymograph

English

Ingria

Ingria comes from Old Swedish Ingermanland.

  1. Old SwedishmodernIngermanland
  2. EnglishtodayIngria

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old SwedishmodernIngermanland
  2. EnglishtodayIngria

The story

The name could be related to Inger, Inkere (possibly related to Eastern Mari эҥер (eŋer, “river”), names for the Izhora river, a tributary of the Neva, itself named after the Finnic people, the Izhorians. Or, named after Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, a Swedish princess and Grand princess of Kiev (though this has been dismissed as folk etymology); for the name see Ingegerd.

Every English word from Old Swedish Ingermanland

Today it means

name A region to the south of Karelia in what is now Russia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Swedish Ingermanland / Ingria

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