The reviewed sources compare Old English brȳd with Germanic relatives but do not promote a common reconstructed parent.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
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brȳd
bride
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Old English and Germanic comparisons · bride deep boundaryUNKNOWN
No securely promoted reconstructed parent is supplied by the reviewed bride sources.
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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The bride trail stops without inventing deeper semantics.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
SET-U editorial boundary · Merriam-Webster Editors · Joseph Bosworth and Thomas Northcote Toller
boundary — Old High German brūt is preserved as a comparative relative, not a direct parent.
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Bride — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseAkin to Old High German brūt bride
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies comparison without a reconstructed parent.
BRÝD — An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary OnlineEtymology list of Germanic comparanda
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Shows a wide cognate set while leaving reconstruction outside this reviewed dossier.
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EDITORIAL REUSE