The etymology of old Frisian ink ‘angry’
The meaning of rarely attested Old Frisian ink
‘angry’ has never been contested in the history of Old Frisian lexicography.
For its etymology, on the other hand, scholars have not yet been able to
arrive at a satisfactory result. This contribution demonstrates that the
adjective ink is related to Old Icelandic
økkr ‘lump, heavy clod; tumor, protuberance’ and Modern
Swedish ink ‘blood lump, hemorrhoid (with horses)’,
reflexes of Proto-Germanic *enkwa- ‘swollen’,
related to Latin inguen ‘groin, underbelly’ and Greek ἀδήν
‘gland, swelling’, ultimately descending from Indo-European
*h1engw-ó-.
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