NODE / 0968reconstructedProto-Germanic
*daigjōn-
TRANSLITERATION *daigjōn-
female baker or servant
- DATE
- Proto-Germanic
- SENSE
- female baker germanic
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / Germanic
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:5:daigjon:reconstructed:sense:female-baker-germanic
The reconstructed formation behind Old English dǣge and Old Norse deigja.
*This form is reconstructed by comparison. It is not directly attested in this exact written form.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
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
- 5
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 5
- DEEPEST PATH
- 5
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 1
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Old English dǣge reflects reconstructed Proto-Germanic *daigjōn-.
- MEANING
- The occupational female baker or servant meaning continues.
Merriam-Webster Editors · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 965 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English deie continues Old English dǣge with regular reduction and spelling change.
- MEANING
- Woman managing milk and food production continues the earlier female baker or servant role.
HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
STEP 03derivational baseestablished
- SOUND
- Anglo-French deyerie is formed on Middle English deie beside Anglo-French -erie.
- MEANING
- The woman responsible for milk production becomes the base for the place where that work occurs.
HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE
STEP 04borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English deierie reflects Anglo-French deyerie or daerie with English orthographic adaptation.
- MEANING
- The place of milk handling remains the center.
HISTORICAL STEP 051 EDGE
STEP 05continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English deierie develops into modern dairy through vowel, spelling, and stress standardization.
- MEANING
- A milk-production place expands to the products and industry associated with it.
“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.That is expected for a reconstructed form: the node is inferred from comparison, not quoted from a surviving occurrence.
05EDITORIAL REUSE
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