Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōþuz
Proto-Germanic
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editFrom Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *wātus (“poetic insipiration”), related to Latin vātēs (“seer, soothsayer, poet, oracle”).
Noun
edit*wōþuz m
- furor poeticus (poetic madness)