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A CLAIM
YOU CAN AUDIT.

A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.

*prī-

a proposed Indo-European root compared with the Germanic friend and free family

DESCENDS FROM→

No securely reviewed older ancestor or uniquely recoverable original social meaning is currently known.

THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

SOUND CHANGE

No older form is promoted beyond the proposed *prī- comparison.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The graph stops before one prehistoric essence is reverse-engineered from love, kinship, freedom, peace, or friendship.

CHRONOLOGY

No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

SET-U editorial boundary

CONFIDENCE

boundary — The deepest displayed form is reconstructed and proposed; no reviewed earlier node clears the evidence boundary.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

CITATION REGISTER

S01

American Heritage Dictionary — friendDeepest displayed prī- cross-reference

Supports stopping after the proposed comparative root.

supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗

EDITORIAL REUSE

*prī- → UNKNOWN