Wotan

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German word Wotan comes from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz, Proto-Germanic *Wātónos

*wōdaz (Proto-Germanic)

Anger; fury. Agitated; furious; angry. Excited; energised; spirited; frenzied; obsessed.

*Wātónos (Proto-Germanic)

*Wōdanaz (Proto-Germanic)

Woden or Odin, the Germanic supreme god. Identified in later times with the Roman god Mercury.

Wotan (German)

A male given name.. Odin, a deity of the old Germanic religion, and of modern German reconstructions of this religion.

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