köken: Borrowed from Old Norse Óðinn, akin to Old High German Wotan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōþuz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare óðr (“rage”) and woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), vātēs.
Woden/Odin, A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon.
köken: From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen.
Woden/Odin, A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon.
köken: Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen.