*SET-U

RECONSTRUCTED-FORM CATALOG

COVERAGE LEDGER ↗
THE ASTERISK IS DATAREVIEWED RECONSTRUCTIONS ONLY

EVERY
* ROOT.

A reconstructed form is an inference from comparison, not a surviving quotation. SET-U makes every asterisk independently inspectable.

ROOTS
133
ADJACENT CITATIONS
817
CONNECTED DOSSIERS
179
*

THE LINE IN THE EARTH

ATTESTED ABOVE.
RECONSTRUCTED BELOW.

The asterisk is not decoration. It marks the precise moment the graph crosses from written record into comparative reconstruction. Confidence and disputes still vary after that crossing.

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GLOBAL ROOT MODE

ALL REVIEWED RECONSTRUCTIONS

Each root reports its complete transitive descendant closure inside the reviewed graph—not only its first generation.

ROOT / 056NODE 133Proto-Germanic

*mūs

mouse

Indo-European / GermanicProto-Germanic prehistory
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
3
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
3
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
3
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
5
SOURCES
3
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 058NODE 523Proto-Germanic

*saltom

salt

Indo-European / GermanicProto-Germanic prehistory
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
3
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
3
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
3
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
5
SOURCES
3
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 065NODE 594Proto-Indo-European

*stéu-gho-

real; certain

Indo-EuropeanProto-Indo-European Armenian preform, proposed
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
1
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
1
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
1
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
4
SOURCES
4
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 069NODE 4Proto-West Germanic

*lubu

love

Indo-European / West Germanicc. 200 BCE–600 CE
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
3
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
3
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
3
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
3
SOURCES
2
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 070NODE 5Proto-Germanic

*lubō

love

Indo-European / Germanicc. 500 BCE
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
4
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
4
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
4
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
3
SOURCES
3
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 075NODE 242Proto-Germanic

*tehun

ten

Indo-European / GermanicProto-Germanic reconstruction, c. 500 BCE–200 CE
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
3
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
3
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
3
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
3
SOURCES
2
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 079NODE 793Proto-Indo-European

*rēg-en-

king formation

Indo-EuropeanProto-Indo-European suffixed formation
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
2
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
2
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
2
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
3
SOURCES
2
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 080NODE 931Proto-Germanic

*daigaz

dough

Indo-European / GermanicProto-Germanic
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
3
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
3
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
3
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
3
SOURCES
2
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 090NODE 381Proto-Mississippi Valley Siouan

*htí

dwell; dwelling root

Siouan / Mississippi Valley SiouanProto-Mississippi Valley Siouan
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
4
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
4
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
4
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 097NODE 724Proto-Germanic

*trewam

tree, wood

Indo-European / GermanicProto-Germanic horizon
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
3
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
3
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
3
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 102NODE 806Proto-Indo-European

*manu-

human being; man

Indo-EuropeanProto-Indo-European extended form
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
7
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
7
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
5
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
2
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
OPEN THE FULL DESCENDANT TREE ↗
ROOT / 105NODE 815Proto-Indo-European

*dheh₁(i)-

to suck

Indo-Europeanoldest Proto-Indo-European form
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
6
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
6
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
6
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
1
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ROOT / 107NODE 838Proto-Indo-European

*h₃ekʷ-

to see

Indo-Europeanoldest Proto-Indo-European form
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
7
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
7
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
7
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
1
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ROOT / 112NODE 879Proto-Indo-European

*gʷou-

ox; bull; cow

Indo-EuropeanProto-Indo-European root
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
8
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
8
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
8
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
1
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ROOT / 117NODE 949Proto-Indo-European

*dh(e)ghom-

earth

Indo-EuropeanProto-Indo-European o-grade form
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
3
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
4
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
3
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
OPEN THE FULL DESCENDANT TREE ↗
ROOT / 119NODE 495Proto-Indo-European

*bher-

to carry or bear

Indo-EuropeanProto-Indo-European prehistory
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
5
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
5
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
5
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
3
SOURCES
2
BOUNDARY EDGES
1
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ROOT / 125NODE 685Proto-Indo-European

*ad-

to, near, at

Indo-EuropeanProto-Indo-European horizon
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
5
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
5
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
5
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
1
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ROOT / 127NODE 882Proto-Germanic

*wardaz

guard; guardian

Indo-European / GermanicProto-Germanic
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
4
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
4
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
4
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
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ROOT / 130NODE 887Proto-Germanic

*dīg-

to knead or form

Indo-European / GermanicProto-Germanic
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
4
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
4
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
4
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
1
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
0
OPEN THE FULL DESCENDANT TREE ↗
ROOT / 133NODE 1088Proto-Indo-European

*h₂erh₁-

fit together

Indo-Europeanoldest reviewed Proto-Indo-European form
GO DEEPER EDGES
1
DIRECT CHILD EDGES
1
ALL DESCENDANT NODES
9
ALL DESCENDANT EDGES
9
DEEPEST REVIEWED PATH
6
DESCENDANT DOSSIERS
2
CITATIONS
2
SOURCES
1
BOUNDARY EDGES
1
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READ THE SYMBOL CORRECTLY

RECONSTRUCTED DOES NOT MEAN INVENTED

COMPARISON

Related attested forms are compared for systematic sound correspondences.

INFERENCE

A parent form is reconstructed as the best explanation of those correspondences.

REVISION

New evidence or a better analysis can change a reconstruction; disputes stay visible.

BOUNDARY

When no deeper reviewed ancestor is secure, the graph says UNKNOWN and stops.