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NODE / 0367attestedKorean

김치

TRANSLITERATION gimchi

vegetables salted, seasoned, and fermented

DATE
historical and modern Korean
SENSE
fermented food
FAMILY
Koreanic / Korean
CANONICAL KEY
node:57:김치:attested:sense:fermented-food

The numeric start is a broad Korean written-language placement, not a claimed first witness of this exact token.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 1 evidence path stops at this boundary.

INSPECT 1 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIM
GO DEEPERknowledge boundaryboundary
Beyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Korean form

UNKNOWN

No securely sourced deeper lexical ancestor is promoted in this dossier.

SOUND
The reviewed sources establish the living Korean form but do not supply a securely sourced deeper lexical chain.
MEANING
The graph stops at 김치 rather than turning orthographic history into unsupported ancestry.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary
CONFIDENCE
boundary
Kimchi — Word HistorysupportsEtymology stops at Korean kimch’i

The reviewed English dictionary supplies no deeper lexical ancestor.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 344 ↗
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished
Present-Day English · 1888–today · fermented food

kimchi

Korean fermented vegetable preparation

SOUND
English kimchi adapts Korean 김치 through the established romanized spelling; kimchee is a secondary English variant.
MEANING
The name of the fermented preparation travels with the food category.
CHRONOLOGY
English first-known-use report: 1888.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster editors · National Institute of Korean Language
CONFIDENCE
established
Kimchi — Word HistorysupportsWord History — Korean kimch’i

Identifies the Korean source of English kimchi.

ORIGINAL ↗
김치 — Korean Basic Dictionarysupportsheadword 김치 and definition

Directly documents the living Korean form and food sense.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 343 ↗
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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kimchi1 connected node
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01borrowingestablished
Korean김치→Present-Day English · 1888–todaykimchiKorean fermented vegetable preparation
SOUND
English kimchi adapts Korean 김치 through the established romanized spelling; kimchee is a secondary English variant.
MEANING
The name of the fermented preparation travels with the food category.
Merriam-Webster editors · National Institute of Korean Language2 CITATIONSEDGE 343 ↗
Kimchi — Word History · Word History — Korean kimch’i ↗김치 — Korean Basic Dictionary · headword 김치 and definition ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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02kimchi김치 · established