*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 926

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 02uncertainNO SINGLE PIN

*frī-

Proto-Germanic linguistic horizon

friend DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

The like, love, or friendly base is reconstructed from daughter-language evidence; no Proto-Germanic speaker, homeland point, or manuscript token is claimed.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
uncertain
TIME PRECISION
range
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

A comparative-linguistic interval, not a directly dated word.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. context

    Oxford English Dictionary — friend, n. & adj.

    Supplies the independent base-vowel analysis.

    Etymology and Form history: Germanic base of free; *ī from earlier *ijAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. supports

    American Heritage Dictionary — friend

    Prints and glosses the reconstructed Germanic base.

    Word History: Germanic root *frī-AUDIT SOURCE ↗