Change of consonants

[mike r]

Forgive me for lacking the credentials or even a means
to site my sources, but from what I understand Od-
comes from the proto-germanic Wod- which means "poetic
inspiration" and I think god comes from PIE:gheu which
means "to invoke", and the -in/an/inn means "master",
hence Goden (Master of God) and Woden (Master of
Inspiration). I think that perhaps Goden is an aspect
of Woden, but I could be wrong. I do know that the
Goths commonly referred to him as Gautis. 

--- llama_nom <600cell at oe.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, åÇÏÒÏ× ÷ÌÁÄÉÍÉÒ
> <vegorov at i...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > In any case, the comparison of 'Votan' with 'god' 
> > (if I understood Swedish correctly) with respect 
> > to alteration 'w/g(u)' seems interesting and 
> > worth considering.
> 
> 
> Hi Vladimir,
> 
> I don't think there's any connection between the
> English word 'god' 
> and the name of the God 'Woden', if that´s what´s
> meant?  I see here 
> that the idea did occur to some ealy scholars though
> [ 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin ].  The earliest
> attested forms 
> are quite distinct.
> 
> Got. guþ "god" < Gmc. *gud-an
> OE Wóden, ON Óðinn, Merseburger Zauberspruche:
> uuôdan < *wôd-an-az 
> (cf. Got. woþs "mad").
> 
> The short /o/ in English 'god' is an umlaut caused
> by the thematic 
> vowel /a/, whereas the root vowel in Wóden is long,
> corresponding to 
> IE /a:/.
> 
> Llama Nom
> 
> 
> 
> 


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