Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōd

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“excited, frenzied, furious”).

Adjective

*wōd

2. excited, energised, spirited
3. frenzied, obsessed
4. furious, angry

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wōd
Genitive	*wōdas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wōd	*wōdu	*wōd
Accusative	*wōdanā	*wōdā	*wōd
Genitive	*wōdas	*wōdeʀā	*wōdas
Dative	*wōdumē	*wōdeʀē	*wōdumē
Instrumental	*wōdu	*wōdeʀu	*wōdu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wōdē	*wōdō	*wōdu
Accusative	*wōdā	*wōdā	*wōdu
Genitive	*wōdeʀō	*wōdeʀō	*wōdeʀō
Dative	*wōdēm, *wōdum	*wōdēm, *wōdum	*wōdēm, *wōdum
Instrumental	*wōdēm, *wōdum	*wōdēm, *wōdum	*wōdēm, *wōdum

Derived terms

• *wōd
• *wōdijan

Descendants

• Old English: wōd
  • Middle English: wode, wod, wood
    • English: wood (“mad”), wode
    • Scots: wod, wode, wud, wude, wuid
• Old Dutch: *wōd, *wuod, *wuot
  • Middle Dutch: woet, woede, woed
    • Dutch: woede
• Old High German: wuot
  • Middle High German: wuot
    • German: Wut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“anger”).

Noun

*wōd m

2. anger, fury

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wōd, *wōda
Genitive	*wōdas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wōd, *wōda	*wōdōs
Accusative	*wōd, *wōda	*wōdā
Genitive	*wōdas	*wōdō
Dative	*wōdē	*wōdum
Instrumental	*wōdu	*wōdum

Descendants

• Old English: wōd
  • Middle English: wode (“madness”)
• Old Saxon: *wōd
  • Middle Low German: wôt
    • German Low German: Woot
• Old High German: wuot
  • Middle High German: wuot
    • German: Wut
      • → German Low German: Wut