*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

*deru- + bi-/be-

betroth · tree · troth · truce · true · trust · truth

ATTESTED* RECONSTRUCTEDBOUNDARYMODERN DOSSIERLATER FORM → EARLIER FORM
37MATCHING NODES
36MATCHING 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 Englishbetroth

promise in marriage

betroth
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishtree

perennial woody plant; branching structure

tree
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishtroth

pledged fidelity, good faith, or betrothal

troth
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishtruce

temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement

truce
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishtrue

in accord with fact; faithful; accurate

true
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishtrust

assured reliance, confidence, care, or obligation

trust
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishtruth

conformity to fact or reality; sincerity; fidelity

truth
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishbitrouthen

promise or pledge in marriage

betroth
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishtree

tree, wood

tree
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishtrewe

faithful, steadfast, true

true
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishtrewes

agreements, pledges

truce
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishtrewthe

loyalty, fidelity, truth

truth
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishtruste

confidence, reliance

trust
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishbi-/be-

prefix used in bitrouthen

ATTESTEDOld Norsetraust

confidence, firmness

trust
ATTESTEDOld Englishtrēow

tree, wood

tree
ATTESTEDOld Englishtrēowe

faithful, firm, trustworthy

true
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishtrewe

agreement, treaty, pledge

truce
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishtrouth

truth, troth, pledged fidelity

troth · betroth
* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Germanic*traustam

confidence, firmness

trust
* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Germanic*trewam

tree, wood

tree
ATTESTEDOld Englishbi-/be-

by, near; prefix with several later functions

ATTESTEDOld Englishtrēow

pledge, fidelity

truce
ATTESTEDOld Englishtrēowþ

faith, loyalty, fidelity, truth

truth · troth · betroth
* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Germanic*treuwithō

faith, loyalty, truth

truth · troth · betroth
* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Germanic*treuwō

pledge, fidelity

truce
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No deeper unique prefix ancestor is promoted.

* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Indo-European*drew-o-

firm or steadfast formation; wood or pledge branch

truce · tree
* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Germanic*treuwaz

firm, faithful, trustworthy

true · truth · trust +2
* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Indo-European*deru-

be firm, solid, steadfast; wood, tree

true · truth · trust +4
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is known beyond the firmness-and-wood root.

true
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is known beyond the firmness-and-wood root.

truth
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is known beyond the firmness-and-wood root.

trust
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is known beyond the firmness-and-wood root.

troth
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is known beyond the firmness-and-wood root.

betroth
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is known beyond the firmness-and-wood root.

truce
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is known beyond the firmness-and-wood root.

tree
EDGECHILD → PARENTRELATION / SCHOLARCONFIDENCEEVIDENCE
0671true → trewe

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0672trewe → trēowe

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0673trēowe → *treuwaz

inheritanceCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0674*treuwaz → *deru-

inheritanceCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0675*deru- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0676truth → trewthe

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0677trewthe → trēowþ

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0678trēowþ → *treuwithō

inheritanceCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0679*treuwithō → *treuwaz

derivationCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0681*deru- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0682trust → truste

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0683truste → traust

borrowingMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

probable2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0684traust → *traustam

inheritanceCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0685*traustam → *treuwaz

derivationCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0687*deru- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0688troth → trouth

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0689trouth → trēowþ

inheritanceMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0693*deru- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0694betroth → bitrouthen

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0695bitrouthen → trouth

compound memberMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0700*deru- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0701truce → trewes

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0702trewes → trewe

inflectional reanalysisMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0703trewe → trēow

inheritanceMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0704trēow → *treuwō

inheritanceCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0705*treuwō → *drew-o-

inheritanceCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0706*drew-o- → *deru-

derivationCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0707*deru- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0708tree → tree

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0709tree → trēow

inheritanceMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0710trēow → *trewam

inheritanceCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0711*trewam → *drew-o-

inheritanceCalvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0713*deru- → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0714bitrouthen → bi-/be-

compound componentMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0715bi-/be- → bi-/be-

inheritanceMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0716bi-/be- → 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.