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

(Germanic mythology) Woden, Odin

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Wōdan(a)
Genitive	*Wōdanas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Wōdan(a)	*Wōdanōs
Accusative	*Wōdan(a)	*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