PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The reviewed source labels Old High German kliuwa and Sanskrit glauḥ as akin forms, not successive ancestors of English clew.
/kluː/ · noun · verb
A ball of thread, a nautical corner or line, and the older spelling behind clue.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Labels the forms as comparisons rather than a linear ancestry chain.
Word History: akin to Old High German kliuwa and Sanskrit glauḥIndependently stops the direct published path at Old English.
Etymology: Middle English clewe from Old English cliwenThe comparisons appear as relatives and the direct path ends at an explicit boundary.