*SET-U

MULTI-WORD EVIDENCE LAB

PAIRWISE LAB ↗
THE QUESTION THE GRAPH WAS BUILT TO ANSWER2–8 WORDS

CONNECT
THE WHOLE
FAMILY.

Ask how several words are related. *SET-U computes pairwise shortest paths, then builds a compact spanning forest from cited lexical edges. A shared person or text may bridge islands, but it is never mislabeled as ancestry.

2WORDS

Reviewed dossiers resolved from the request.

8NODES

Distinct forms in the spanning evidence network.

7EDGES

Distinct cited lexical relationships used.

9SOURCES

Distinct bibliographic records supporting this view.

ONE REVIEWED NETWORK1 lexical branches · 0 context bridges
ստոյգetymology
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THE SPANNING EVIDENCE FOREST

1 BRANCHES CONNECT THE RESOLVED WORDS

01
REVIEWED LEXICAL PATH

ստոյգ ↔ etymology

7 EDGES
01
Armenian · Classical Armenian record–later Armenian

ստոյգ

true, just, certain, sure, real, authentic

attested
inheritance

The reconstructed real or certain sense continues in the Armenian adjective and adverb.

SOUND + EVIDENCE

Classical Armenian ստոյգ is compared with a reconstructed *stéu-gho- preform; the consonant sequence and vocalism are comparative, not attested.

Hrach Martirosyan · Robert Beekes · proposedՍտոյգ, ուգաց — Enriched Dictionaries of Armenian · Headword senses and etymologies ↗OPEN EDGE 553 ↗
02
Proto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European Armenian preform, proposed

*stéu-gho-

real; certain

reconstructed
comparative derivation

The comparative field remains truth, certainty, and reality.

SOUND + EVIDENCE

The proposed Armenian preform is connected through extension and reorganization of the *set-u- or *steu- base; no single intermediate is written.

Hrach Martirosyan · Robert Beekes · Martin Gális · proposedEtygram: ἐτός / ἔτυμος dossier · Modern etymology: comparison with Armenian stoyg ↗OPEN EDGE 554 ↗
03
Proto-Indo-European · prehistoric

*set-u-

true; real; in true order

reconstructed
inheritance

Truth, actuality, and proper order form the reconstructed semantic field.

SOUND + EVIDENCE

The attested Greek adjective is analyzed through an earlier *setu-mo- formation; initial *s is lost in the proposed path.

Beekes 2010 · Pinault · de Lamberterie · proposedEtygram: ἐτός / ἔτυμος dossier · ἐτός / ἔτυμος dossier ↗OPEN EDGE 11 ↗
04
Ancient Greek · archaic Greek

ἔτυμος

true, real, genuine

attested
derivation

A word’s “true sense” becomes an object of analysis.

SOUND + EVIDENCE

The compound joins ἔτυμος “true, real” and -λογία “account, study.”

Ancient Greek lexicography · establishedLogeion: ἐτυμολογία · ἐτυμολογία ↗OPEN EDGE 10 ↗
05
Ancient Greek · classical / Hellenistic

ἐτυμολογία

analysis of a word’s true sense

attested
borrowing

A Greek technical concept entered Latin grammatical tradition.

SOUND + EVIDENCE

Latin borrowed Greek ἐτυμολογία.

Latin and Greek lexicography · establishedLogeion: etymologia · etymologia ↗OPEN EDGE 9 ↗
06
Latin · antiquity–medieval

etymologia

explanation of a word by its origin

attested
borrowing

Scholarly explanation of a word’s origin continued.

SOUND + EVIDENCE

Old French transmitted the learned Latin form.

French historical lexicography · establishedÉtymologie: étymologie · Étymologie ↗OPEN EDGE 8 ↗
07
Old French · 14th c.

ethimologie

derivation of a word

attested
borrowing

The technical term broadened into the modern historical discipline.

SOUND + EVIDENCE

English adapted the learned French form and later aligned spelling with the classical model.

OED · historical lexicography · establishedEtymology — Word History · Word History ↗OPEN EDGE 7 ↗
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WHAT THIS VIEW PROVES

COMPACT DOES NOT MEAN CERTAIN

01PAIRWISE SEARCH

Every resolved pair is searched through the undirected reviewed graph, bounded at 12 edges.

02LEXICAL FIRST

Cited ancestry, borrowing, derivation, and semantic continuation paths are preferred over historical-context bridges.

03SPANNING FOREST

The shortest available pair paths are greedily selected until each connectable word belongs to one network.

04NO STEINER CLAIM

This is a compact evidence view, not a claim that scholarship has one uniquely minimal family tree.