The reviewed sources compare related forms but do not promote one direct ancestor beyond Old English cliewen.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0366knowledge boundaryboundary
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.
cliewen
ball, sphere, ball of thread
OPEN NODE 27 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Old English form · clew deep boundaryUNKNOWN
No direct deeper ancestor is promoted as secure.
OPEN NODE 396 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The thread-ball history reaches the current evidence horizon.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
SET-U editorial boundary
boundary — Akin forms are preserved as relatives, not converted into a linear parent.
reviewed
02
CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Clew — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History: akin forms after Old English cliewen
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗The source offers comparisons rather than one promoted direct parent, defining the editorial boundary.
03
EDITORIAL REUSE