Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōdaz

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 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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *woh₂t-u-s, from *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Related to Latin vātēs.

Adjective

*wōdaz

  2. excited, energised, spirited
  3. frenzied, obsessed
  4. furious, angry
Inflection
Declension of *wōdaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *wōdaz *wōdō *wōdą, -atō *wōdai *wōdôz *wōdō
accusative *wōdanǭ *wōdǭ *wōdą, -atō *wōdanz *wōdōz *wōdō
genitive *wōdas, -is *wōdaizōz *wōdas, -is *wōdaizǫ̂ *wōdaizǫ̂ *wōdaizǫ̂
dative *wōdammai *wōdaizōi *wōdammai *wōdaimaz *wōdaimaz *wōdaimaz
instrumental *wōdanō *wōdaizō *wōdanō *wōdaimiz *wōdaimiz *wōdaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *wōdô *wōdǭ *wōdô *wōdaniz *wōdōniz *wōdōnō
accusative *wōdanų *wōdōnų *wōdô *wōdanunz *wōdōnunz *wōdōnō
genitive *wōdiniz *wōdōniz *wōdiniz *wōdanǫ̂ *wōdōnǫ̂ *wōdanǫ̂
dative *wōdini *wōdōni *wōdini *wōdammaz *wōdōmaz *wōdammaz
instrumental *wōdinē *wōdōnē *wōdinē *wōdammiz *wōdōmiz *wōdammiz
Descendants

Etymology 2

From the adjective *wōdaz (“excited, frenzied, furious”).

Noun

*wōdaz m

  2. anger, fury
Inflection
Declension of *wōdaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wōdaz *wōdōz, *wōdōs
vocative *wōd *wōdōz, *wōdōs
accusative *wōdą *wōdanz
genitive *wōdas, *wōdis *wōdǫ̂
dative *wōdai *wōdamaz
instrumental *wōdō *wōdamiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wōd
    • 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
  • Old Norse: óðr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wōda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 592
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