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English was
← Old English wæs (inherited)
← German war (cognate)
← English vestal (mention)
← English be (mention)
← English is (mention)
← English are (mention)
← English were (mention)
← Middle English was (inherited)
← West Frisian was (cognate)
← Proto-Germanic *was (inherited)
← Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (derived)
← Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (mention)
← Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (mention)
← Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (mention)
← Low German was (cognate)
← Dutch was (cognate)
← Scots was (cognate)
← Swedish var (cognate)

→ English be (link)
→ English be (link)
→ English be (link)
→ English be (link)
→ English be (link)
→ English be (link)
→ English be (mention)
→ English is (link)
→ English art (link)
→ English were (link)
→ English were (link)
→ English wasn't (suffix)
→ English wast (affix)
→ English vestal (mention)
→ English woz (mention)
→ English wasbian (blend)
→ English wasband (blend)
→ English wasnae (compound)
→ English tiswas (blend)
→ English bewist (link)
→ English never-wozzer (affix)
→ English wasm (mention)
→ English iswas (compound)
→ Jersey Dutch waz (cognate)
→ Dutch was (cognate)
→ Norwegian Nynorsk va (link)
→ Russian диван (mention)
→ Sanskrit वसति (cognate)