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"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*Wōdan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *Wōdan, *Wōdin\nOld English: Wōden, *Wēden, *Wœden; Wodæn; Woddan\n→ Latin: Wothen\nMiddle English: Woden\n→ English: Woden (learned)\nOld Frisian: *Wēden, *Wēda\nNorth Frisian: Wedke\nOld Saxon: Wōden\nMiddle Low German: Wode\nOld Dutch: Wuodan, Wuadan, *Wuotan\nMiddle Dutch: *Woeden, *Woen\nDutch: Woen (likely back-formation from woensdag)\nOld High German:\nLatin script: Wōdan, Wuotan, Uuodan\nRunic script: ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan)\n→ Dutch: Wodan (learned)\n→ German: Wotan, Wodan, Wuodan, Wuotan (learned)\n→ English: Wotan\n→ Latin: Vōdanus\nLombardic: Godan, *Wōdan\n→ Latin: Godan",
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"text": "Proto-West Germanic: *Wōdan, *Wōdin\nOld English: Wōden, *Wēden, *Wœden; Wodæn; Woddan\n→ Latin: Wothen\nMiddle English: Woden\n→ English: Woden (learned)\nOld Frisian: *Wēden, *Wēda\nNorth Frisian: Wedke\nOld Saxon: Wōden\nMiddle Low German: Wode\nOld Dutch: Wuodan, Wuadan, *Wuotan\nMiddle Dutch: *Woeden, *Woen\nDutch: Woen (likely back-formation from woensdag)\nOld High German:\nLatin script: Wōdan, Wuotan, Uuodan\nRunic script: ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan)\n→ Dutch: Wodan (learned)\n→ German: Wotan, Wodan, Wuodan, Wuotan (learned)\n→ English: Wotan\n→ Latin: Vōdanus\nLombardic: Godan, *Wōdan\n→ Latin: Godan"
},
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{
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"1": "gmq-pro",
"2": "ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ",
"ts": "Wōdinaʀ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Norse: ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ (wodinaʀ /Wōdinaʀ/), ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᛦ (wodinʀ /Wōdinʀ/)\nOld Norse: Óðinn, ᚢᚦᛁᚾ (uþin), ᚮᚦᛂᚾ (oþen)\nIcelandic: Óðinn\nFaroese: Óðin\nNorwegian Nynorsk: Oden, ons- (< Óðins), Odin\nOld Swedish: Ōþin, Ōdhen, Ōdhin\nSwedish: Oden\nOld Danish: Odhen\nScanian: Óðen, Nóðen\nDanish: Oden\n→ Danish: Odin\nNorwegian Bokmål: Odin\n→ Old English: Ōþen, Ōðon, Ōwðen\n→ English: Odin\n→ Japanese: オーディン (Ōdin)\n→ Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)\n→ Latin: Ōthinus, Ōdinus, Ōthin\nItalian: Odino\n→ Portuguese: Ódin\n→ Spanish: Odín\n→ German: Odin\n→ French: Odin\n→ Swedish: Odin\n→ Finnish: Odin\n→ Russian: О́дин (Ódin)",
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"text": "Proto-Norse: ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ (wodinaʀ /Wōdinaʀ/), ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᛦ (wodinʀ /Wōdinʀ/)\nOld Norse: Óðinn, ᚢᚦᛁᚾ (uþin), ᚮᚦᛂᚾ (oþen)\nIcelandic: Óðinn\nFaroese: Óðin\nNorwegian Nynorsk: Oden, ons- (< Óðins), Odin\nOld Swedish: Ōþin, Ōdhen, Ōdhin\nSwedish: Oden\nOld Danish: Odhen\nScanian: Óðen, Nóðen\nDanish: Oden\n→ Danish: Odin\nNorwegian Bokmål: Odin\n→ Old English: Ōþen, Ōðon, Ōwðen\n→ English: Odin\n→ Japanese: オーディン (Ōdin)\n→ Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)\n→ Latin: Ōthinus, Ōdinus, Ōthin\nItalian: Odino\n→ Portuguese: Ódin\n→ Spanish: Odín\n→ German: Odin\n→ French: Odin\n→ Swedish: Odin\n→ Finnish: Odin\n→ Russian: О́дин (Ódin)"
}
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"2": "*wōdaz",
"t": "rage, manic inspiration"
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"name": "m"
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weh₂t-",
"t": "to be excited"
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"name": "der"
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"2": "óðr",
"t": "rage"
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{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "woede",
"t": "rage"
},
"expansion": "Dutch woede (“rage”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "woeden",
"t": "to rage"
},
"expansion": "woeden (“to rage”)",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "fáidh"
},
"expansion": "Irish fáidh",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vātēs"
},
"expansion": "Latin vātēs",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "",
"3": "Wednes"
},
"expansion": "Wednes",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Wednesday",
"3": "Wednes-day"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdinaz"
},
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"name": "m+"
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{
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"2": "",
"3": "*Wātenos"
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{
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"expansion": "Old Norse Óðinn",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-pro",
"2": "ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ"
},
"expansion": "ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (haitinaʀ)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-pro",
"2": "ᛊᛚᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᛉ"
},
"expansion": "ᛊᛚᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᛉ (slaginaʀ)",
"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*haitanaz"
},
"expansion": "*haitanaz",
"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*slaganaz"
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"expansion": "*slaganaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*haitaną"
},
"expansion": "*haitaną",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*slahaną"
},
"expansion": "*slahaną",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdanaz"
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"expansion": "*Wōdanaz",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdinaz"
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"expansion": "*Wōdinaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wednesdei"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian wednesdei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wenesdach"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch wenesdach",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdanaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdanaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wōdnesdæġ"
},
"expansion": "wōdnesdæġ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*wēdnesdæġ"
},
"expansion": "*wēdnesdæġ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Wensley"
},
"expansion": "Wensley",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wednesleg"
},
"expansion": "Wednesleg",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wodnesleie"
},
"expansion": "Wodnesleie",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Wednesbury"
},
"expansion": "Wednesbury",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wednesbiri"
},
"expansion": "Wednesbiri",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wadnesberie"
},
"expansion": "Wadnesberie",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wodnesberia"
},
"expansion": "Wodnesberia",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Wednesfield"
},
"expansion": "Wednesfield",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wednesfeld"
},
"expansion": "Wednesfeld",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wodnesfelde"
},
"expansion": "Wodnesfelde",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdunaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdunaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdanaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdanaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "0376-401X"
},
"expansion": "→ISSN",
"name": "ISSN"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-pro",
"2": "ᚹᛟᛞᚾᚨᛊ"
},
"expansion": "ᚹᛟᛞᚾᚨᛊ (wodnas)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdnaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdnaz",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Related to *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”), Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs.\nEnglish Wednes (in Wednes-day) is not an exact cognate but rather continues Proto-Germanic *Wōdinaz, pre-Germanic *Wātenos. (Old Norse Óðinn, however, due to its lack of umlaut, appears to continue *Wōdanaz and the replacement of the suffix vowel appears to be secondary, (compare Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (haitinaʀ) and ᛊᛚᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᛉ (slaginaʀ), from *haitanaz and *slaganaz, respective past participles of *haitaną and *slahaną).)\nThis suggests a variation of the theonym in early Germanic, *Wōdanaz vs. *Wōdinaz. The form with -i- as attested in Old Frisian wednesdei appears to have been present in Frisia (cf. also similar Middle Dutch wenesdach). The situation in Old English is unclear. The attested Old English forms point to *Wōdanaz, but i-umlauted forms surface in records after the end of the Old English period. Thus, wōdnesdæġ is replaced by continuations of *wēdnesdæġ around AD 1200.\nThe same transition to the umlauted form of the theonym during the 12th or early 13th century (early Middle English) is also found in English placenames, such as Wensley (Wednesleg ca. 1212, earlier Wodnesleie), Wednesbury (Wednesbiri 1227, earlier Wadnesberie, Wodnesberia), Wednesfield (Wednesfeld 1251, earlier Wodnesfelde).\nBased on an Old English form Ōdon, which appears to have been borrowed from Old Danish, Schaffner deduces that the original shape of the theonym was likely *Wōdunaz rather than *Wōdanaz.\nThe oldest attestation of the theonym, Proto-Norse ᚹᛟᛞᚾᚨᛊ (wodnas) from the Vindelev bracteate X13 (c. 5th century), suggests a fourth possibility, *Wōdnaz, although this would require independent i-insertion in both Proto-/Old Norse (after i-mutation had run its course) and proto-Anglo Frisian (before i-mutation had begun). It is conceivable that such a change could have originated in one of the two groups and spread through diffusion to the other (since these are the two northernmost branches of Proto-Germanic).",
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "Wōdanaz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdaną",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
}
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"lang": "Proto-Germanic",
"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Wōdanaz",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old High German terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-anaz",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
"Quotations with omitted translation",
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"glosses": [
"Woden or Odin, the Germanic supreme god. Identified in later times with the Roman god Mercury."
],
"id": "en-Wōdanaz-gem-pro-name-jSzTcMYf",
"links": [
[
"Woden",
"Woden"
],
[
"Odin",
"Odin"
],
[
"Mercury",
"Mercury"
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"masculine",
"reconstruction"
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔː.ðɑ.nɑz/"
}
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"word": "Wōdanaz"
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{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*Wōdan"
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"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *Wōdan, *Wōdin\nOld English: Wōden, *Wēden, *Wœden; Wodæn; Woddan\n→ Latin: Wothen\nMiddle English: Woden\n→ English: Woden (learned)\nOld Frisian: *Wēden, *Wēda\nNorth Frisian: Wedke\nOld Saxon: Wōden\nMiddle Low German: Wode\nOld Dutch: Wuodan, Wuadan, *Wuotan\nMiddle Dutch: *Woeden, *Woen\nDutch: Woen (likely back-formation from woensdag)\nOld High German:\nLatin script: Wōdan, Wuotan, Uuodan\nRunic script: ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan)\n→ Dutch: Wodan (learned)\n→ German: Wotan, Wodan, Wuodan, Wuotan (learned)\n→ English: Wotan\n→ Latin: Vōdanus\nLombardic: Godan, *Wōdan\n→ Latin: Godan",
"name": "desctree"
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"text": "Proto-West Germanic: *Wōdan, *Wōdin\nOld English: Wōden, *Wēden, *Wœden; Wodæn; Woddan\n→ Latin: Wothen\nMiddle English: Woden\n→ English: Woden (learned)\nOld Frisian: *Wēden, *Wēda\nNorth Frisian: Wedke\nOld Saxon: Wōden\nMiddle Low German: Wode\nOld Dutch: Wuodan, Wuadan, *Wuotan\nMiddle Dutch: *Woeden, *Woen\nDutch: Woen (likely back-formation from woensdag)\nOld High German:\nLatin script: Wōdan, Wuotan, Uuodan\nRunic script: ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan)\n→ Dutch: Wodan (learned)\n→ German: Wotan, Wodan, Wuodan, Wuotan (learned)\n→ English: Wotan\n→ Latin: Vōdanus\nLombardic: Godan, *Wōdan\n→ Latin: Godan"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ",
"ts": "Wōdinaʀ"
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"expansion": "Proto-Norse: ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ (wodinaʀ /Wōdinaʀ/), ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᛦ (wodinʀ /Wōdinʀ/)\nOld Norse: Óðinn, ᚢᚦᛁᚾ (uþin), ᚮᚦᛂᚾ (oþen)\nIcelandic: Óðinn\nFaroese: Óðin\nNorwegian Nynorsk: Oden, ons- (< Óðins), Odin\nOld Swedish: Ōþin, Ōdhen, Ōdhin\nSwedish: Oden\nOld Danish: Odhen\nScanian: Óðen, Nóðen\nDanish: Oden\n→ Danish: Odin\nNorwegian Bokmål: Odin\n→ Old English: Ōþen, Ōðon, Ōwðen\n→ English: Odin\n→ Japanese: オーディン (Ōdin)\n→ Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)\n→ Latin: Ōthinus, Ōdinus, Ōthin\nItalian: Odino\n→ Portuguese: Ódin\n→ Spanish: Odín\n→ German: Odin\n→ French: Odin\n→ Swedish: Odin\n→ Finnish: Odin\n→ Russian: О́дин (Ódin)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Norse: ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ (wodinaʀ /Wōdinaʀ/), ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᛦ (wodinʀ /Wōdinʀ/)\nOld Norse: Óðinn, ᚢᚦᛁᚾ (uþin), ᚮᚦᛂᚾ (oþen)\nIcelandic: Óðinn\nFaroese: Óðin\nNorwegian Nynorsk: Oden, ons- (< Óðins), Odin\nOld Swedish: Ōþin, Ōdhen, Ōdhin\nSwedish: Oden\nOld Danish: Odhen\nScanian: Óðen, Nóðen\nDanish: Oden\n→ Danish: Odin\nNorwegian Bokmål: Odin\n→ Old English: Ōþen, Ōðon, Ōwðen\n→ English: Odin\n→ Japanese: オーディン (Ōdin)\n→ Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)\n→ Latin: Ōthinus, Ōdinus, Ōthin\nItalian: Odino\n→ Portuguese: Ódin\n→ Spanish: Odín\n→ German: Odin\n→ French: Odin\n→ Swedish: Odin\n→ Finnish: Odin\n→ Russian: О́дин (Ódin)"
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"name": "root"
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{
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"2": "*wōdaz",
"t": "rage, manic inspiration"
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"expansion": "*wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration”)",
"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "gem-pro",
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"name": "der"
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"t": "rage"
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"expansion": "Dutch woede (“rage”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"t": "to rage"
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"expansion": "woeden (“to rage”)",
"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "ga",
"2": "fáidh"
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"expansion": "Irish fáidh",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vātēs"
},
"expansion": "Latin vātēs",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "",
"3": "Wednes"
},
"expansion": "Wednes",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Wednesday",
"3": "Wednes-day"
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdinaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *Wōdinaz",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wātenos"
},
"expansion": "*Wātenos",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "Óðinn"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse Óðinn",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-pro",
"2": "ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ"
},
"expansion": "ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (haitinaʀ)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-pro",
"2": "ᛊᛚᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᛉ"
},
"expansion": "ᛊᛚᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᛉ (slaginaʀ)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*haitanaz"
},
"expansion": "*haitanaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*slaganaz"
},
"expansion": "*slaganaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*haitaną"
},
"expansion": "*haitaną",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*slahaną"
},
"expansion": "*slahaną",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdanaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdanaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdinaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdinaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wednesdei"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian wednesdei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wenesdach"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch wenesdach",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdanaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdanaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wōdnesdæġ"
},
"expansion": "wōdnesdæġ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*wēdnesdæġ"
},
"expansion": "*wēdnesdæġ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Wensley"
},
"expansion": "Wensley",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wednesleg"
},
"expansion": "Wednesleg",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wodnesleie"
},
"expansion": "Wodnesleie",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Wednesbury"
},
"expansion": "Wednesbury",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wednesbiri"
},
"expansion": "Wednesbiri",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wadnesberie"
},
"expansion": "Wadnesberie",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wodnesberia"
},
"expansion": "Wodnesberia",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Wednesfield"
},
"expansion": "Wednesfield",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wednesfeld"
},
"expansion": "Wednesfeld",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Wodnesfelde"
},
"expansion": "Wodnesfelde",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdunaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdunaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdanaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdanaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "0376-401X"
},
"expansion": "→ISSN",
"name": "ISSN"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-pro",
"2": "ᚹᛟᛞᚾᚨᛊ"
},
"expansion": "ᚹᛟᛞᚾᚨᛊ (wodnas)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*Wōdnaz"
},
"expansion": "*Wōdnaz",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Related to *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”), Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs.\nEnglish Wednes (in Wednes-day) is not an exact cognate but rather continues Proto-Germanic *Wōdinaz, pre-Germanic *Wātenos. (Old Norse Óðinn, however, due to its lack of umlaut, appears to continue *Wōdanaz and the replacement of the suffix vowel appears to be secondary, (compare Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (haitinaʀ) and ᛊᛚᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᛉ (slaginaʀ), from *haitanaz and *slaganaz, respective past participles of *haitaną and *slahaną).)\nThis suggests a variation of the theonym in early Germanic, *Wōdanaz vs. *Wōdinaz. The form with -i- as attested in Old Frisian wednesdei appears to have been present in Frisia (cf. also similar Middle Dutch wenesdach). The situation in Old English is unclear. The attested Old English forms point to *Wōdanaz, but i-umlauted forms surface in records after the end of the Old English period. Thus, wōdnesdæġ is replaced by continuations of *wēdnesdæġ around AD 1200.\nThe same transition to the umlauted form of the theonym during the 12th or early 13th century (early Middle English) is also found in English placenames, such as Wensley (Wednesleg ca. 1212, earlier Wodnesleie), Wednesbury (Wednesbiri 1227, earlier Wadnesberie, Wodnesberia), Wednesfield (Wednesfeld 1251, earlier Wodnesfelde).\nBased on an Old English form Ōdon, which appears to have been borrowed from Old Danish, Schaffner deduces that the original shape of the theonym was likely *Wōdunaz rather than *Wōdanaz.\nThe oldest attestation of the theonym, Proto-Norse ᚹᛟᛞᚾᚨᛊ (wodnas) from the Vindelev bracteate X13 (c. 5th century), suggests a fourth possibility, *Wōdnaz, although this would require independent i-insertion in both Proto-/Old Norse (after i-mutation had run its course) and proto-Anglo Frisian (before i-mutation had begun). It is conceivable that such a change could have originated in one of the two groups and spread through diffusion to the other (since these are the two northernmost branches of Proto-Germanic).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gem-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanaz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdaną",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wōdanō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"nopl": "1"
},
"name": "gem-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Germanic",
"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Wōdanaz",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Chinese terms with redundant transliterations",
"Old High German terms with redundant script codes",
"Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
"Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-Germanic masculine nouns",
"Proto-Germanic proper nouns",
"Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₂t-",
"Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-anaz",
"Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
"Undetermined terms with quotations",
"gem-pro:Gods"
],
"glosses": [
"Woden or Odin, the Germanic supreme god. Identified in later times with the Roman god Mercury."
],
"links": [
[
"Woden",
"Woden"
],
[
"Odin",
"Odin"
],
[
"Mercury",
"Mercury"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔː.ðɑ.nɑz/"
}
],
"word": "Wōdanaz"
}
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