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English merry (doublet)
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Middle English breef (inherited)
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Middle English breve (mention)
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Middle English bref (mention)
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Old French brief (derived)
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Old French bref (mention)
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Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (derived)
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English merry (doublet)
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Japanese ブリーフ (borrowed)
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Pennsylvania German Brief (cognate)