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Middle Dutch lēsen (inherited)
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Proto-Germanic *lesaną (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *les- (derived)
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Old Dutch lesan (inherited)
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Afrikaans lees (inherited)
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Cimbrian lèzan (cognate)
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Alemannic German läse (cognate)
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German Low German lesen (cognate)
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Dutch Low Saxon leazn (cognate)
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Papiamentu lesa (derived)
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Pennsylvania German lese (cognate)