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

• *Wōdin (Anglo-Frisian)

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
    • Dutch: Woen (likely back-formation from woensdag)
• Old High German:

  Latin script: Wōdan, Wuotan, Uuodan

  Runic script: ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan)

  • → Dutch: Wodan (learned)
  • → German: Wotan, Wodan, Wuodan, Wuotan (learned)
    • → English: Wotan
  • → Latin: Vōdanus
• Lombardic: Godan, *Wōdan
  • → Latin: Godan