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Old English walu (inherited)
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Old English willan (cognate)
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Middle English wale (inherited)
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Middle English wālen (inherited)
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Middle English wale (inherited)
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Middle English wal (mention)
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Proto-Germanic *waluz (inherited)
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Proto-Germanic *walą (derived)
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Proto-Germanic *walō (mention)
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Old High German wala (cognate)
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Proto-Indo-European *welH- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *welH- (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (derived)
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Low German wale (mention)
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Old Norse vala (mention)
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Old Norse val (derived)
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Old Norse velja (cognate)
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English whale (mention)