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Gender Feminine
Usage Celtic Mythology
Meaning & History
A Gaulish goddess of birth and midwifery known from figurines and inscriptions found in the area of modern-day France, Germany and Switzerland.Her name has been speculated to derive from Proto-Indo-European *-wet- "to turn to; to be acquainted with", which then evolved into Proto-Celtic wet-o "turn".