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Old English wīr (inherited)
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Middle English wir (inherited)
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Middle English wyr (mention)
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Proto-Germanic *wīraz (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (mention)
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Gulf Arabic واير (borrowed)
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Spanish guaya (borrowed)
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Antillean Creole waya (derived)
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Scottish Gaelic fiar (cognate)
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Ancient Greek Ἶρις (cognate)
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Ancient Greek ἶρις (cognate)
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Marshallese wea (borrowed)
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Malayalam വയർ (derived)
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Norwegian Bokmål vaier (derived)
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German Low German Wier (cognate)
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Norwegian Nynorsk vaier (derived)
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Swahili waya (borrowed)
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Tok Pisin waia (derived)
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Cantonese 威吔 (borrowed(yue/zh))