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Middle English wurd (link)
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Middle English weord (link)
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Proto-Germanic *wurdą (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *word (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (derived)
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English word (inherited)
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Middle English word (inherited)
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Old High German wort (cognate)
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Ancient Greek εἴρω (cognate)
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Old Norse orð (cognate)
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Middle Persian gwl (cognate)
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Sanskrit व्रत (cognate)