*SET-U

THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE GRAPH

FAMILY ATLAS ↗

THE GENEALOGY, NOT THE GLOSSARY

NODE → EDGE → FAMILY → HUMAN LANGUAGE

THE WHOLE GRAPH.
NO INVENTED BRIDGES.

Every reviewed historical form and relationship in one navigable system. Where evidence connects families, the graph connects them. Where it does not, the space between them remains visible.

1061CANONICAL NODES

Attested forms, reconstructions, and explicit limits.

1025REVIEWED EDGES

Every relationship carries two change claims and evidence.

54EVIDENCE FAMILIES

Disconnected components stay disconnected.

133* RECONSTRUCTIONS

Inferred forms remain visibly different from records.

1669EDGE CITATIONS

515 distinct sources attached to relationships.

11DEEPEST GRAPH PATH

Topological steps, not a fabricated universal timescale.

01

THE WHOLE REVIEWED GRAPH

25 CONNECTED FAMILIES.
29 HONEST ISLANDS.

02 / SELECTED EVIDENCE COMPONENT

*mūs-

mouse · muscle · mussel · μυς

ATTESTED* RECONSTRUCTEDBOUNDARYMODERN DOSSIERLATER FORM → EARLIER FORM
20MATCHING NODES
19MATCHING EDGES

The complete component remains visible. Filters emphasize matching evidence; they never amputate surrounding history.

LAYER 00LATERLAYER 01ROOTWARDLAYER 02ROOTWARDLAYER 03ROOTWARDLAYER 04ROOTWARDLAYER 05ROOTWARDLAYER 06ROOTWARDLAYER 07HORIZONATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishmouse

a small rodent; later many transferred senses

mouseATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishmuscle

contractile body tissue; later strength or coercive power

muscleATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishmussel

a marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk

musselATTESTEDModern Greekμυς

a body muscle; in learned use, also a mouse

μυςATTESTEDMiddle Englishmous

mouse

mouseATTESTEDMiddle Englishmuscle

a muscle or muscular organ

muscleATTESTEDMiddle Englishmuscle

a mussel

musselATTESTEDAncient Greekμῦς

mouse; also a muscle of the body

μυςATTESTEDOld Englishmūs

mouse

mouseATTESTEDOld Englishmuscelle

a mussel

musselATTESTEDOld Frenchmuscle

muscle

muscle* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Germanic*mūs

mouse

mouseATTESTEDMedieval Latinmūscula

a mussel

musselATTESTEDLatinmusculus

little mouse; muscle; also a mussel name

muscle · musselATTESTEDLatinmūs

mouse

muscle · mussel* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Indo-European*mūs-

mouse; also the family behind specialized muscle words

muscle · mussel · mouse +1KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely reviewed ancestor beyond *mūs- is asserted.

muscleKNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely reviewed ancestor beyond *mūs- is asserted.

musselKNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely reviewed ancestor beyond *mūs- is asserted.

mouseKNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No deeper ancestor is promoted as secure.

μυς
EDGECHILD → PARENTRELATION / SCHOLARCONFIDENCEEVIDENCE
0101muscle → muscle

continuationMerriam-Webster · American Heritage editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗0102muscle → muscle

borrowingAmerican Heritage Dictionary editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗0103muscle → musculus

borrowingAmerican Heritage Dictionary editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗0104musculus → mūs

diminutive derivationAmerican Heritage · Merriam-Webster editors

established6 citations / 6 sources ↗0105mūs → *mūs-

inheritanceAmerican Heritage Indo-European Roots · University of Texas LRC

probable2 citations / 2 sources ↗0106*mūs- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗0107mussel → muscle

alterationAmerican Heritage · Merriam-Webster editors

probable3 citations / 3 sources ↗0108muscle → muscelle

inheritanceMerriam-Webster · American Heritage editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗0109muscelle → mūscula

borrowingMerriam-Webster · American Heritage editors

probable2 citations / 2 sources ↗0110mūscula → musculus

derivationAmerican Heritage · Merriam-Webster editors

probable2 citations / 2 sources ↗0113*mūs- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗0114mouse → mous

continuationMerriam-Webster · American Heritage editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗0115mous → mūs

inheritanceMerriam-Webster · American Heritage editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗0116mūs → *mūs

inheritanceAmerican Heritage Indo-European Roots · University of Texas LRC

probable3 citations / 3 sources ↗0117*mūs → *mūs-

inheritanceAmerican Heritage Indo-European Roots · University of Texas LRC

probable2 citations / 2 sources ↗0118*mūs- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗0273μυς → μῦς

historical continuationCentre for the Greek Language editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗0274μῦς → *mūs-

inheritanceLiddell and Scott · American Heritage Dictionary Editors · University of Texas LRC

probable3 citations / 3 sources ↗0275*mūs- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
03

HOW TO READ THE MAP

CONNECTION IS A CLAIM.

01COMPONENTS

A family exists only when reviewed canonical edges connect its nodes. Empty space means the evidence is still disconnected.

02LAYERS

Left-to-right depth is topological descent through claims, not a universal calendar or an assertion of equal duration.

03NODES

Language, form, status, gloss, dossier reuse, and a permanent node record travel together.

04EDGES

Every line resolves to a relationship record with sound change, semantic change, scholar, confidence, and citations.

05ASTERISKS

Every reconstructed form keeps its asterisk. Attested and inferred evidence never share one visual state.

06HORIZONS

Boundary nodes are not ancestors. They say exactly where this reviewed path currently stops.