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"word": "wann"
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"word": "*hwan"
},
{
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"lang_code": "got",
"roman": "ƕan",
"word": "𐍈𐌰𐌽"
}
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},
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"name": "af"
},
{
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "cuin"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From *hwaz + *-n. Compare with Latin quandō and Old Irish cuin.",
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwan",
"pos": "adv",
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{
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],
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}
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