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CANONICAL LANGUAGE GRAPH

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NODE / 0904attestedOld High German

wīb

TRANSLITERATION wīb

woman; wife in recorded expressions

DATE
Old High German
SENSE
woman wife noun
FAMILY
Indo-European / West Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:32:wib:attested:sense:woman-wife-noun

The dossier starts at the attested Old High German horizon and does not manufacture a deeper form.

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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 Old High German wīb horizon · wib deep boundary

UNKNOWN

No securely reconstructed direct ancestor is currently promoted beyond Old High German wīb.

SOUND
No reconstructed direct parent is promoted beyond attested Old High German wīb.
MEANING
The historical woman and wife word reaches an unresolved origin rather than a fabricated proto-form.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary · Duden Editors
CONFIDENCE
boundary — Duden explicitly labels the origin unclear and offers two possibilities only as perhaps.
Weib — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, HerkunftsupportsHerkunft: mittelhochdeutsch wīp, althochdeutsch wīb, Herkunft ungeklärt

Explicitly states the Old High German form and unresolved origin.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 902 ↗
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTcontinuationestablished
Middle High German · Middle High German · woman wife noun

wīp

woman; wife

SOUND
Freie Universität Berlin orders Old High German WĪB before Middle High German WÎP and explains that word-final b was pronounced voiceless and represented as p in Middle High German spelling.
MEANING
The woman and wife field continues across the language stages.
CHRONOLOGY
Old High German to Middle High German.
SCHOLAR
Duden Editors · Freie Universität Berlin Editors
CONFIDENCE
established
Weib — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, HerkunftsupportsHerkunft: mittelhochdeutsch wīp, althochdeutsch wīb

Publishes the recorded German continuation.

ORIGINAL ↗
Sprachwandel — Ältere deutsche Literatur und SprachesupportsWĪB → WÎP; explanation of Auslautverhärtung

Explains why Middle High German spelling marks the word-final voiceless pronunciation with p.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 906 ↗
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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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HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01continuationestablished
Old High Germanwīb→Middle High German · Middle High Germanwīpwoman; wife
SOUND
Freie Universität Berlin orders Old High German WĪB before Middle High German WÎP and explains that word-final b was pronounced voiceless and represented as p in Middle High German spelling.
MEANING
The woman and wife field continues across the language stages.
Duden Editors · Freie Universität Berlin Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 906 ↗
Weib — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft · Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch wīp, althochdeutsch wīb ↗Sprachwandel — Ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache · WĪB → WÎP; explanation of Auslautverhärtung ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02historical continuationestablished
Middle High Germanwīp→German · Modern GermanWeibwoman; wife; increasingly discriminatory term
SOUND
Freie Universität Berlin places Middle High German WÎP before Early New High German WEYB and Modern German WEIB: the long vowel î diphthongizes to ei, while final devoicing remains pronounced but is no longer marked by p in modern spelling.
MEANING
Woman and wife senses continue while current usage becomes obsolete, jocular, ironic, discriminatory, or derogatory.
Duden Editors · Freie Universität Berlin Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 905 ↗
Weib — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft · Bedeutungen; Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch wīp ↗Sprachwandel — Ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache · Chronological sequence WĪB, WÎP, WEYB, WEIB; explanations of final devoicing and diphthongization ↗

“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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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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01wībwīb · established