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English ghost (cognate)
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West Frisian geast (cognate)
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Middle High German geist (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *gaist (inherited)
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Old High German geist (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeysd- (inherited)
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English ghost (cognate)
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English geist (borrowed)
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Danish gejst (borrowed)
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Pennsylvania German Geescht (cognate)
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Pennsylvania German Geischt (cognate)
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Saterland Frisian Gäist (cognate)
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Yiddish גײַסט (borrowed)