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Proto-Germanic *wesaną (inherited)
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Old Danish wæræ (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (derived)
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Old Norse vera (derived)
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Old Swedish vara (cognate)
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Icelandic vera (cognate)
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Norwegian Bokmål væra (cognate)