No direct parent is promoted beyond Old English wīf in the reviewed dossier spine.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0807knowledge boundaryboundary
A CLAIM
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A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
wīf
woman; wife
OPEN NODE 800 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Old English wīf horizon · woman deep boundaryUNKNOWN
No securely promoted ancestor is currently known beyond this component in the dossier spine.
OPEN NODE 801 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The trail stops while probable cognate comparisons remain labeled as relatives.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
SET-U editorial boundary
boundary — Merriam-Webster calls the Tocharian comparison probable rather than supplying a secure direct ancestor.
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Wife — Definition and Word HistoryEtymology: Old English wīf, probably akin to Tocharian B kwīpe
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Justifies stopping at Old English while retaining only a probable comparison.
Wife — American Heritage DictionaryEtymology endpoint at Old English wīf
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently confirms the securely attested horizon without supplying a direct older parent.
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EDITORIAL REUSE