"Woen" meaning in Dutch

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Proper name

IPA: /ʋun/
Rhymes: -un Etymology: A learned back-formation from the 18th or 19th century from woensdag, the first element of which is a syncopic variation through d-weakening (compare broer and broeder) of Middle Dutch *Woeden, which may have existed as simplex or only as an element in compounds, which in turn derived from Old Dutch Wuodan (“Woden”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, from a pre-Germanic *Wātónos. Related to Dutch woeden (“to rage”), woede (“anger”) and woedend (“angry”). Cognate with English Woden (and wode), German Wotan and Swedish Odin. Etymology templates: {{m|nl|woensdag}} woensdag, {{m|nl|broer}} broer, {{m|nl|broeder}} broeder, {{der|nl|dum|*Woeden}} Middle Dutch *Woeden, {{der|nl|odt|Wuodan||Woden}} Old Dutch Wuodan (“Woden”), {{der|nl|gmw-pro|*Wōdan}} Proto-West Germanic *Wōdan, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*Wōdanaz}} Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, {{m|gem-pro||*Wātónos}} *Wātónos, {{m|nl|woeden||to rage}} woeden (“to rage”), {{m|nl|woede||anger}} woede (“anger”), {{m|nl|woedend||angry}} woedend (“angry”), {{cog|en|Woden}} English Woden, {{m|en|wode}} wode, {{cog|de|Wotan}} German Wotan, {{cog|sv|Odin}} Swedish Odin Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|m}} Woen m
  1. (rare) the Germanic chief god Woden or Odin Tags: masculine, rare Synonyms: Wodan, Odin

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