Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōþuz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *wōduz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *wātus (“poetic insipiration”), related to Latin vātēs (“seer, soothsayer, poet, oracle”).

Noun

*wōþuz m

1. furor poeticus [poetic madness]

Related terms

• *wōþa-
• *Wōdanaz
• *wōdį̄
• *wōdijaną

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *wuot, *wuodi
  • Middle Dutch: woet
    • Dutch: woede
• Old Norse: óðr
  • Icelandic: óður