NODE / 0368boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction
UNKNOWN
No securely sourced deeper lexical ancestor is promoted in this dossier.
- DATE
- before the reviewed Korean form
- SENSE
- default
- FAMILY
- unclassified
- CANONICAL KEY
- boundary:65:3
Evidence horizon.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
*THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.No reviewed parent edge extends beyond this canonical node.
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
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
- 2
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 2
- DEEPEST PATH
- 2
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 1
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01knowledge boundaryboundary
- 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.
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02borrowingestablished
- 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 ↗ “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.
04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.
05EDITORIAL REUSE
WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE