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Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ (inherited)
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Old High German gēr (cognate)
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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoys- (derived)
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Old Norse geirr (cognate)
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Old Frisian gēr (cognate)
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Old Saxon gēr (cognate)
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Old English Eadgar (compound)