Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Wōdan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old Norse Óðinn.

Proper noun

*Wōdan m

  1. Woden, Odin

Declension

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *Wōdan
Genitive *Wōdanas
Singular Plural
Nominative *Wōdan *Wōdanō, *Wōdanōs
Accusative *Wōdan *Wōdanā
Genitive *Wōdanas *Wōdanō
Dative *Wōdanē *Wōdanum
Instrumental *Wōdanu *Wōdanum

Descendants

  • Old English: Wōden, *Wēden, *Wœden, Wodæn, Woddan
    • → Latin: Wothen
    • Middle English: Woden
    • → English: Woden (learned)
  • Old Frisian: *Wēden, *Wēda
    • North Frisian: Wedke
  • Old Saxon: Wōden
    • Middle Low German: Wode
  • Old Dutch: Wuodan, Wuadan, *Wuotan
    • Middle Dutch: *Woeden, *Woen
  • Old High German:
    Latin script: Wōdan, Wuotan, Uuodan
    Runic script: ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan)
  • Lombardic: Godan, *Wōdan
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