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Proto-Germanic *lesaną (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *les- (root)
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Old Norse ráða (mention)
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Danish læse (inherited)
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Faroese lesa (inherited)
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Old Danish læsæ (inherited)
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Old Swedish læsa (inherited)
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Icelandic lesa (inherited)
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Norwegian Bokmål lese (derived)
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Norwegian Nynorsk lesa (inherited)
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Swedish läsa (inherited)