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Odin, Wednesday, Vatican

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• Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- excited, inspired, possessed, raging

  • Proto-Indo-European *woh₂tos inspired, excited, possessed, raging verbal adjective

    • Old Armenian գութ gutʿ prayer, entreaty, compassion, pity

      • Armenian գութ gutʿ pity, compassion
    • Germanic *wōdaz

      • East Germanic *wōdas

        • Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 wōds possessed (as by a demon)
      • North Germanic *wōdaʀ

        • Old Norse óðr mad, furious, inspired

          • Icelandic óður furious, frantic, crazy
      • West Germanic *wōd

        • Old English wōd insane, rabid

          • English wode
        • Frankish *wōd

          • Dutch woede anger, wrath, outrage, frenzy
        • Old High German wuot

          • German Wut rage, fury, outrage, ecstasy, freny

            • German Tollwut rabies
      • Germanic *wōdanaz Divine name

        • North Germanic ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ wodinaʀ

          • Old Norse Óðinn

            • Danish Oden
            • Icelandic Óðinn
            • English Odin
            • Literary Chinese 奧丁 ^[1]

              • Mandarin 奧丁 Àodīng
              • Cantonese 奧丁 Ou³ Ding¹
            • Old Norse óðinsdagr Odin's Day, Wednesday calque of West Germanic *Wōdanas dag

              • Danish onsdag Wednesday
        • West Germanic *wōdan

          • Old English Wōden

            • Old English Wōdnes lēah place name: Woden's meadow

              • English Wensley
            • Old English Wōdnes byriġ place name: Woden's stronghold

              • English Wednesbury
          • Frankish *wuodan

            • Dutch Woen partially back-formed from woensdag
          • Old High German Wōtan

            • German Wotan
            • Medieval Latin Vōdanus
          • West Germanic *wōdanas dag Odin's Day, Wednesday calque of Latin dies Mercurii

            • Old Norse óðinsdagr Odin's Day, Wednesday calque of West Germanic *Wōdanas dag

              • Danish onsdag Wednesday
            • Old English wōdnesdæġ Wednesday

              • Middle English Wodnesdai Wednesday
            • Old English *wēdnesdæġ Wednesday ^[2]

              • Middle English Wednesdei Wednesday ^[2]

                • English Wednesday ^[2]

                  • Māori Wenerei Wednesday
            • Frankish *wuodenesdag

              • Dutch woensdag Wednesday

                • Dutch Woen partially back-formed from woensdag
  • Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂tus inspired, possessed Caland adjective

    • Germanic *wōþuz inspired poetry, poetic madness

      • North Germanic

        • Old Norse óðr inspiration, poetry, mind, soul

          • Icelandic óður ode
          • Old Norse Óðr Divine name: Inspiration, Poetry (husband of Freja)
      • West Germanic

        • Frankish *wuodi

          • Dutch woede anger, wrath, outrage, frenzy
    • Indo-Iranian *wáHtas

      • Indo-Aryan

        • Sanskrit 𑀯𑀸𑀢 vā́ta injured, assailed ^[3]
  • Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂teh₂ (inspired) song, (ecstatic) speech collective noun

    • Germanic *wōþō

      • West Germanic

        • Old English wōþ song, poetry, voice, speech
      • Germanic *wōþijaz poetic, pleasant, lovely

        • East Germanic

          • Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 woþeis sweet, pleasant
        • West Germanic *wōþī

          • Old English wēþe mild, pleasant
  • Proto-Indo-European *weh₂tis inspiration, seer, prophet noun

    • Celtic *wātis

      • Brythonic *gwọd

        • Welsh gwawd poem, ode, eulogy, satire, mockery
      • Gaulish *uatis seer, prophet

        • Classical Greek οὐάτεις owáteis Gaulish prophet
        • Latin vates seer, prophet, poet, oracle

          • Latin vaticinor to prophecy, to foretell, to sing, to rave with -cinor from canere: "to sing"

            • Latin Vaticanus (Mons) Place name: (Hill) of Prophets?

              • English Vatican
      • Old Irish fáith seer, prophet

        • Irish fáidh seer, prophet, sage
        • Old Irish fáithsine prophecy

          • Irish fáistine prophecy, divination with metathesis
    • Italic

      • Latin vates seer, prophet, poet, oracle

        • Latin vaticinor to prophecy, to foretell, to sing, to rave with -cinor from canere: "to sing"

          • Latin Vaticanus (Mons) Place name: (Hill) of Prophets?

            • English Vatican

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Collected English words

Wensley, Wednesbury, Odin, Wednesday, wode, Vatican

Footnotes

1. ^

   The Chinese translation of "Odin"—奧丁—is amazing!

   It's a close phonetic match: Pinyin: Àodīng, Jyutping: Ou³ Ding¹

   But also, it translates as "Esoteric Man". Or possibly, with second round simplification, "Gaze upon the Esoteric"

2. ^

   English Wednesday is not the reflex of the usual Old English wōdnesdæġ, but appears to be from an unattested variant *wēdnesdæġ. Both variants appear in Middle English: Wednesdai and Wodnesdei, but only wednesday survives to Modern English. This is paralleled by place names referencing Woden: Old English Wōdnes lēah -> English Wensley, Old English Wōdnes byriġ -> English Wednesbury, etc.

3. ^

   Sanskrit 𑀯𑀸𑀢 vā́ta: "attacked, injured" is thought to derive from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-, but it's worth comparing it to Old Norse váði: "danger, peril, harm", which is thought to be from *weyk-: "to overcome".