Old Norse vera

← Proto-Germanic *wesaną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (root)

← Old Norse vesa (mention)

→ Danish est (inherited)

→ Danish være (derived)

→ Middle English weren (cognate)

→ Faroese vera (inherited)

→ Westrobothnian vera (inherited)

→ Old Swedish vara (derived)

→ Icelandic vera (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål være (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål væra (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk vera (inherited)

→ Old Norse es (mention)

→ Old Norse vas (mention)

→ Old Norse saðr (link)

→ Old Norse vesa (mention)

→ Old Norse hvaz (mention)

→ Elfdalian wårå (inherited)

→ Swedish vara (derived)