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NODE / 0816boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction

UNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is currently known beyond the reviewed suckle root.

DATE
before the reviewed *dheh₁(i)- reconstruction
SENSE
female deep boundary
FAMILY
unclassified
CANONICAL KEY
boundary:142:8

The trail ends before the reconstruction is turned into a biological essence claim.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No reviewed parent edge extends beyond this canonical node.

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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTknowledge boundaryboundary
Proto-Indo-European · oldest Proto-Indo-European form · suck suckle root

*dheh₁(i)-

to suck

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dheh₁(i)-.
MEANING
The trail ends where the published comparative root ends.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary
CONFIDENCE
boundary — The root is reconstructed rather than an attested first word.
Indo-European Root: dhē(i)-supportsdhē(i)- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 820 ↗
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

7

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
7
DEEPEST PATH
7
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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female7 connected nodes
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE
STEP 04diminutive derivationestablished
Latinfēmina→Latin · Latinfēmellayoung female; female
SOUND
Latin fēmella is a diminutive of fēmina.
MEANING
A young-female formation continues the broader woman or female noun.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 817 ↗
Female — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology: Latin femella, diminutive of femina ↗Female — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: fēmella, diminutive of fēmina ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 051 EDGE
HISTORICAL STEP 061 EDGE
STEP 06borrowingestablished
Old Frenchfemele→Middle English · Middle Englishfemellefemale
SOUND
Middle English femelle continues Old French femele or femelle.
MEANING
The female noun crosses from French into English.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 815 ↗
Female — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology: Middle English femel or femelle from Anglo-French femele or femelle ↗Female — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: Middle English femelle from Old French ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 071 EDGE
STEP 07analogical reshapingestablished
Middle Englishfemelle→Present-Day English · 14th century–todayfemaleof or relating to the female sex; a female individual
SOUND
Earlier femelle or femel was respelled female under the influence of male.
MEANING
The sex-class meaning continues while surface spelling creates a misleading resemblance.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 814 ↗
Female — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History: alteration of femel or femelle influenced by male ↗Female — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: alteration influenced by male ↗

“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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08femaleUNKNOWN · established