Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *gautazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_gautaz
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nounmasculinea-stema heiti for Odina GeatThe theonym (‘heiti of Odin’) is likely derived from the third-person singular past tense *gaut of the Proto-Germanic verb *geutaną (‘to pour’), thus making also the mythical ancestor *Gautaz (‘he who has poured (out libations)’), while the ethnonym was derived from this meaning. It is directly related to *gudą (‘god’), *gudjô (‘priest’), and *gutô (‘Goth’), all being descended from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Vedic Sanskrit होतृ (hótṛ, ‘priest (hotr), sacrifice’).