"Wōdan" meaning in All languages combined

See Wōdan on Wiktionary

Proper name [Proto-West Germanic]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Wōdanā [accusative, plural], Wōdanō [genitive, plural], Wōdanē [dative, singular], Wōdanu [instrumental, singular], *Wōdin [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old Norse Óðinn. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*Wōdanaz}} Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, {{cog|non|Óðinn}} Old Norse Óðinn Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|proper noun|g=m}} *Wōdan m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=m}}
  1. (Germanic mythology) Woden, Odin Tags: Germanic, masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: *Ermun

Alternative forms

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        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*Wōdanaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "Óðinn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse Óðinn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old Norse Óðinn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wōdanā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wōdanō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wōdanē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wōdanu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*Wōdin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*Wōdan m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Wōdan",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic proper nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "gmw-pro:Germanic deities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Woden, Odin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Germanic",
          "Germanic"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Woden",
          "Woden"
        ],
        [
          "Odin",
          "Odin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic mythology) Woden, Odin"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*Ermun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wōdan"
}

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