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Proto-Indo-European *wer- (root)
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Old Norse verja (cognate)
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Danish værn (inherited)
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Westrobothnian åovörn (mention)
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Icelandic vörn (derived)
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Norwegian Bokmål vern (mention)
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Norwegian Nynorsk vern (mention)
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Old Norse verna (mention)
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Swedish värn (inherited)