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Proto-Germanic *fadēr (inherited)
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Middle High German vater (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *fader (inherited)
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Old High German fater (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (inherited)
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Low German Vader (cognate)
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Old English fæder (cognate)
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Cimbrian vatar (cognate)
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Faroese faðir (cognate)
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Central Franconian Vatter (mention)
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Alemannic German Vatter (cognate)
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Alemannic German fater (cognate)
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Alemannic German vàtter (cognate)
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Alemannic German Fatter (cognate)
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Icelandic faðir (cognate)