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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 / attestedOld English · Old English · locative prefix

bi-/be-

by, near; prefix with several later functions

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Old English prefix history · betroth be prefix boundary

UNKNOWN

No deeper unique prefix ancestor is promoted.

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

No older unique form is promoted beyond the reviewed Old English prefix history.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The component trail ends at the published horizon.

CHRONOLOGY

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

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

SET-U editorial boundary

CONFIDENCE

boundary — A comparison with Old English bī is retained in notes rather than converted into an unsupported deeper parent.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

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Be- — Prefix Definition and Word HistoryPrefix entry endpoint and comparison with Old English bī

Defines the reviewed component horizon without inventing a deeper root.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS