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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · proposed Indo-European comparison · love like friend proposed indo european root

*prī-

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

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction · beyond the proposed *prī- comparison · fraendi deep boundary

UNKNOWN

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

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

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

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The graph stops before friendship, kinship, love, freedom, alliance, or ritual brotherhood is reverse-engineered into one universal prehistoric story.

CHRONOLOGY

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

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

SET-U editorial boundary · American Heritage Dictionary editors

CONFIDENCE

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

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

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American Heritage Dictionary — friendDeepest displayed prī- cross-reference

Supports ending the reviewed route after the proposed comparison rather than inventing an earlier form.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 1148frændi

*prī- → UNKNOWN

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