Talk:Ingwë

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Is there any (etymological) connection between Ing, Yngvi, and Ingwë? -FZ 17:39, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Tolkien definitely intended Ingwë to remind one of Ing: in the first texts Ing, In(g)wë and Inn are all names for the same person, who is supposed to be the mythological primordial king figure of North Sea legend.

As for etymological: there can of course — within the context of Middle-earth — be no link between Ing and Ingwë, as the latter is an Elvish name. But of course the name was taken directly from the source materials, and Ingwë is just Ing + -wë, with -wë being a common male name ending in Elvish or Elvish style names (comp. Voronwë, Manwë). hth, Anárion 19:24, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Where in the Tolkien books does it say that Ingwë is brother of Indis? In the index (and the text) of the Silmarillion it says they are of close kin but that is the only reference to a link between them that I can see. --GingerM 17:41, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

According to HoME XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth, page 343: "She is said to have been the daughter of King Ingwë's sister". So the reference was wrong. I'll correct it. Jordi·✆ 17:31, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)