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Middle Dutch wat (inherited)
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West Frisian wat (cognate)
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Proto-Germanic *hwat (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷod (mention)
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Old Dutch wat (inherited)
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Afrikaans wat (inherited)
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Old High German waz (cognate)
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Alemannic German waas (cognate)
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Papiamentu ablif (compound)
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Pennsylvania German was (cognate)