*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

*gyrela + gierela

girl

ATTESTED* RECONSTRUCTEDBOUNDARYMODERN DOSSIERLATER FORM → EARLIER FORM
7MATCHING NODES
6MATCHING EDGES

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

EDGECHILD → PARENTRELATION / SCHOLARCONFIDENCEEVIDENCE
0869girl → girle

continuationMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Middle English Dictionary Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0870girle → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0894girle → *gyrela

proposed inheritanceMiddle English Dictionary Editors

proposed2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0895*gyrela → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0896girle → gierela

proposed comparisonMiddle English Dictionary Editors

proposed2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0897gierela → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
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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.