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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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

CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedKorean · historical and modern Korean · fermented food

김치

vegetables salted, seasoned, and fermented

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Korean form

UNKNOWN

No securely sourced deeper lexical ancestor is promoted in this dossier.

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

The reviewed sources establish the living Korean form but do not supply a securely sourced deeper lexical chain.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The graph stops at 김치 rather than turning orthographic history into unsupported ancestry.

CHRONOLOGY

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

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

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CONFIDENCE

boundary — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

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Kimchi — Word HistoryEtymology stops at Korean kimch’i

The reviewed English dictionary supplies no deeper lexical ancestor.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 323kimchi

김치 → UNKNOWN

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