From *Inger + -e. Further etymology unknown, although similar river names are also found from further east in Northern Russia, like Ингерь (Ingerʹ), Ингирь (Ingirʹ) (both in Kostroma Oblast) and Ингрия (Ingrija) (in Tikhvinsky District).[1] One possibility is a borrowing from a West Uralic language (possibly "language X" (x-kieli), a lost West Uralic substrate found in place names, or Meryan), from a word akin to Eastern Mari эҥыр (eŋyr), Western Mari äнгӹр (ängÿr, “stream”).
- IPA(key): /ˈiŋkereˣ/, [ˈiŋk̟e̞re̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -iŋkere
- Syllabification(key): In‧ke‧re
Inkere
- Izhora (a former parish in the historical region of Ingria in Russia)
- Synonym of Inkereenjoki (“River Izhora”)
- ^ Kepsu, Saulo (2020) Inkerin pogostat – vanha nimistö ja asutus (Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja; 66)[1], Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 228