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Middle Dutch vāder (inherited)
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Proto-Germanic *fadēr (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *fader (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (inherited)
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Old Dutch fadar (inherited)
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Afrikaans vader (inherited)
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Old English fæder (cognate)
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Alemannic German Vatter (cognate)
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Alemannic German fater (cognate)
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Alemannic German vàtter (cognate)
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Alemannic German Fatter (cognate)
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German Low German Vader (cognate)