Old High German brūt is compared with Old English brȳd, but no common reconstructed parent is promoted.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0990cognate horizonprobable
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brūt
bride
OPEN NODE 988 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
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.
OPEN NODE 962 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
Bride remains the shared semantic field across the comparison.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
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probable — The boundary is a comparative horizon, not an unattested word.
reviewed
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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 ↗Publishes the comparison without a common proto-form.
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EDITORIAL REUSE