Words that come from Proto-West Germanic wesan

313 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic wesan — including be, by, are, were, been, am, art, r.

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English (183)

German (20)

Middle English (14)

Dutch (8)

Italian (7)

Esperanto (7)

Old English (7)

Scots (6)

Japanese (5)

French (4)

Russian (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Ido (3)

Danish (3)

Tok Pisin (3)

North Frisian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old High German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Cimbrian (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Alemannic German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Faroese (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Tagalog (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Turkish (1)

West Frisian (1)

Egyptian Arabic (1)

Yiddish (1)

North Levantine Arabic (1)

Greenlandic (1)

Chinese (1)

German Low German (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Limburgish (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Portuguese (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Afrikaans (1)