From , from , from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (compare Middle Dutch woet > Dutch woede, Old High German wuot > German Wut, Old Norse óðr, Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 ("demonically possessed")), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-ós, from *weh₂t- (compare Latin vātēs ("seer, prophet"), Old Irish fáith ("seer"), Welsh gwawd ("song")).