The True Meaning of Odin's Name (Odin, Wotan, Woden, Wodan)

In this video, I discuss Odin's name in PGmc *wōðanaz and its various forms throughout the Germanic languages.

0:45 - Wōðanaz (Proto-Germanic)
2:58 - Wōdans (Gothic)
3:50 - Uuôden (Old Saxon)
5:08 - Woden/Wœden (Old English)
5:51 - Óðinn/Óðann (Old Norse)
7:54 - Wuotan (Old High German)

The argument for Óðinn/*Óðann is from Liberman's In Prayer and Laughter. Essays on Medieval Scandinavian and Germanic Mythology, Literature, and Culture (2016).

Books:

Kershaw's The One-eyed God: Odin and the (Indo-) Germanic Männerbünde:

https://amzn.to/3O9n8rU

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