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The feminine suffix -ynja (Proto-Norse: -unjō[3]) is known from a few other nouns denoting female animals (such as apynja "female monkey" and vargynja "she-wolf"). A cognate word for "goddess" is not attested outside Old Norse. The corresponding West Germanic word would have been separately derived with the feminine suffixes -inī or -injō.[3](p. xxix)
This pattern of divided groups is discussed by noted scholar comparative religion Eliade (1958).[8]
Supporting this position, Turville-Petre (1964)[6] notes, "In one civilization, and at one time, the specialized gods of fertility might predominate, and in another the warrior or the god-king. The highest god owes his position to those who worship him, and if they are farmers, he will be a god of fertility, or one of the Vanir".[6](p. 162)