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

furor poeticus [poetic madness]

Related terms

Descendants

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

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