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The Inkrionen or Inkriones were a smaller Germanic tribe from the Rhein-Weser Germanic group .
For the middle of the 2nd century, the tribe is only documented by Ptolemy ( Geographike 2, 11,6) as ancient Greek ικριωνες, ιγκριονες . Ptolemy locates the Incrions between the Rhine and the mountains of the " Abnoba ", adjacent to the Tenkerer tribe , in the region between the northern foothills of the Black Forest and the Taunus .
For the interpretation of the name, Norbert Wagner assumes a reconstructed Germanic adjectival stem * inka- in the first link , which is present in Old English inca for "dispute, resentment" and in Old Frisian * ink- "irascible, angry". The suffix -ra is attached to this stem to form the adjective * inkra- , so that the stem name is derived from a noun that means "anger". From this, Wagner deduces from Ptolemy's rendering of the n in the prefix -ones , as is present in other tribal names ( Semnones ), a nominative plural * inkr-ijan-iz present for the West Germanic, which he means "those afflicted with quick anger who (quickly) in a rage to fight ” ultimately indicates.
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literature
- Günter Neumann : Incriones. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 15, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016649-6 , pp. 443-444.
- Norbert Wagner: The names of Lakringen, Sabalingen and Inkrionen. In: Historische Sprachforschung 111, 1998, pp. 169–176.