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Proto-Brythonic *bɨw (inherited)
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Proto-Celtic *biwos (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (mention)
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Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (inherited)
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English quick (cognate)
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Old English cwic (cognate)
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Latvian dzīvs (cognate)
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Old Irish béo (cognate)