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Proto-Germanic *terwą (inherited)
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Proto-Germanic *trewą (cognate)
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Middle Low German ter (cognate)
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Proto-Indo-European *derwo- (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *dóru (derived)
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Old Norse tjara (cognate)
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English tar (inherited)
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Middle English ter (inherited)
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Middle English teer (inherited)