No deeper form is promoted beyond the insecure early Choctaw reconstruction.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0336knowledge boundaryboundary
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*bayok
proposed early Choctaw form for a bayou or watercourse
OPEN NODE 356 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction · before proposed early Choctaw *bayok · bayou source boundaryUNKNOWN
No secure deeper ancestor is promoted.
OPEN NODE 357 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The trail stops at a hypothesis whose limitations are visible.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
SET-U editorial boundary · Merriam-Webster Editors
boundary — Modern bók is related contextual evidence; derivation from *bayok is not treated as established.
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Bayou — Word History and etymology noteEtymology note — bayuk unattested; contraction conjectural
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Directly supports the uncertainty boundary.
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