Ing (Germanic deity)

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Ing is a Germanic deity, often associated with fertility and prosperity, whose name underlies various Germanic personal names and words.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ing (Germanic deity) canonical	1
Ing refers to a Germanic deity	1
Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz	1
Proto-Germanic deity Ingwaz	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16533821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ing (Germanic deity)
Context triple: [Igor, etymologicalElement, Ing (Germanic deity)]

A. Ingerman
Ingerman is the surname of American actor and comedian Marty Ingels, known for his work in television and voice acting.
B. Ingo
Ingo is a given name most notably associated with architect James Ingo Freed, designer of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
C. Ingelger
Ingelger was a 9th-century Frankish nobleman regarded as the founder of the House of Anjou and progenitor of the powerful Angevin dynasty.
D. Ífingr
Ífingr is the mythic river in Norse cosmology that forms the boundary between the realm of the gods and the land of the giants.
E. Inger
Inger is a central female character in Knut Hamsun’s novel "Growth of the Soil," representing the hardships and moral complexities of rural Norwegian life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ing (Germanic deity)
Target entity description: Ing is a Germanic deity, often associated with fertility and prosperity, whose name underlies various Germanic personal names and words.

A. Ingerman
Ingerman is the surname of American actor and comedian Marty Ingels, known for his work in television and voice acting.
B. Ingo
Ingo is a given name most notably associated with architect James Ingo Freed, designer of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
C. Ingelger
Ingelger was a 9th-century Frankish nobleman regarded as the founder of the House of Anjou and progenitor of the powerful Angevin dynasty.
D. Ífingr
Ífingr is the mythic river in Norse cosmology that forms the boundary between the realm of the gods and the land of the giants.
E. Inger
Inger is a central female character in Knut Hamsun’s novel "Growth of the Soil," representing the hardships and moral complexities of rural Norwegian life.
F. None of above. chosen