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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English · child young person

girle

child or young person of either sex; girl

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Middle English girle horizon · girl deep boundary

UNKNOWN

No securely established origin is currently known before Middle English girle.

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

No established parent is promoted beyond Middle English girle.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The secure trail ends before an uncertain Old English and garment comparison.

CHRONOLOGY

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

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CONFIDENCE

boundary — American Heritage labels the origin unknown; the Middle English Dictionary marks its proposals with question marks.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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Girl — American Heritage DictionaryEtymology: Middle English girle, origin unknown

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girle — Middle English DictionaryEtymology marks proposed Old English and garment comparisons with question marks

Preserves the tentative alternatives without promotion.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 791girl

girle → UNKNOWN

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