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Proto-Germanic *wēraz (inherited)
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Middle High German wār (inherited)
←
Middle High German wære (mention)
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Old High German wār (inherited)
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Old High German wāri (mention)
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Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (inherited)
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Old English wær (cognate)
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Cimbrian baar (cognate)
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Central Franconian wahr (borrowed)
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Hunsrik woher (cognate)
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Luxembourgish wouer (cognate)
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German Low German wahr (cognate)
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Dutch Low Saxon war (cognate)