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Middle English were
← Old English wǣre (inherited)
← Old English wesan (mention)
← Old English wǣron (inherited)
← Old English wǣren (inherited)
← Old English werre (inherited)
← Old English wyrre (mention)
← English war (mention)
← English ware (mention)
← Middle English weer (alter)
← Middle English weere (alter)
← Middle English wer (alter)
← Middle English wære (alter)
← Middle English weren (mention)
← Scots waar (link)
← Scots ware (link)
← Scots waur (link)
← Scots wur (link)
← Scots wir (link)

→ English were (inherited)
→ English were (inherited)
→ English wer (mention)
→ English weir (inherited)
→ Middle English wast (mention)
→ Middle English nere (affix)
→ Middle English weren (alter)
→ Middle English werre (alter)
→ Scots war (inherited)
→ Yola were (inherited)