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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rehtaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrex.tɑz/
Adjective
*rehtaz
- right, straight
- morally upright, just
Inflection
Declension of *rehtaz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
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Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *rehtaz | *rehtai | *rehtō | *rehtôz | *rehtą, -atō | *rehtō |
Accusative | *rehtanǭ | *rehtanz | *rehtǭ | *rehtōz | *rehtą, -atō | *rehtō |
Genitive | *rehtas, -is | *rehtaizǫ̂ | *rehtaizōz | *rehtaizǫ̂ | *rehtas, -is | *rehtaizǫ̂ |
Dative | *rehtammai | *rehtaimaz | *rehtaizōi | *rehtaimaz | *rehtammai | *rehtaimaz |
Instrumental | *rehtanō | *rehtaimiz | *rehtaizō | *rehtaimiz | *rehtanō | *rehtaimiz |
Weak declension | ||||||
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *rehtô | *rehtaniz | *rehtǭ | *rehtōniz | *rehtô | *rehtōnō |
Accusative | *rehtanų | *rehtanunz | *rehtōnų | *rehtōnunz | *rehtô | *rehtōnō |
Genitive | *rehtiniz | *rehtanǫ̂ | *rehtōniz | *rehtōnǫ̂ | *rehtiniz | *rehtanǫ̂ |
Dative | *rehtini | *rehtammaz | *rehtōni | *rehtōmaz | *rehtini | *rehtammaz |
Instrumental | *rehtinē | *rehtammiz | *rehtōnē | *rehtōmiz | *rehtinē | *rehtammiz |
Derived terms
- *garehtaz
- Old English: ġeriht, ġereht, ġereoht, ġeryht
- Middle English: irihte
- Old Dutch: *gereht
- Middle Dutch: gherecht
- Dutch: gerecht
- Limburgish: gerèch
- Middle Dutch: gherecht
- Old High German: gireht
- Middle High German: gereht
- Cimbrian: gerècht
- German: gerecht
- Luxembourgish: gerecht
- Middle High German: gereht
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (garaihts)
- Old English: ġeriht, ġereht, ġereoht, ġeryht
- *garihtiją
- *rihtijaną
- *unrehtaz
- *rehtą
Related terms
- *rehtuz, *garehtuz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *reht
- Old English: riht, reht, reoht
- Middle English: right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht
- English: right
- → Spanish: right
- → Welsh: reit
- Northumbrian: reet
- Scots: richt
- Yola: reights (plural)
- English: right
- Middle English: right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht
- Old Frisian: riucht, riocht
- Saterland Frisian: riucht, gjucht
- West Frisian: rjocht
- Old Saxon: reht
- Middle Low German: recht, richt
- Low German: recht
- Middle Low German: recht, richt
- Old Dutch: reht
- Middle Dutch: recht
- Dutch: recht
- Berbice Creole Dutch: rekti
- Jersey Dutch: rääxt
- Negerhollands: recht, rek, ret, tret, regt
- → Virgin Islands Creole: tret (dated)
- → Papiamentu: rècht
- → Saramaccan: leti
- Limburgish: rèch
- Dutch: recht
- Middle Dutch: recht
- Old High German: reht
- Middle High German: rëht
- Alemannic German: Rëcht
- Central Franconian: rääch, räht, räät; reht, reet, reecht; räächt
- German: recht, Recht
- Hunsrik: richt
- Luxembourgish: riets, riicht, Recht (influenced by German)
- Vilamovian: racht
- Yiddish: רעכט (rekht)
- Middle High German: rëht
- Old English: riht, reht, reoht
- Old Norse: réttr
- Icelandic: réttur
- Faroese: rættur
- Elfdalian: rett
- Westrobothnian: rett
- Old Swedish: rǣtter
- Swedish: rätt, rät
- Old Danish: rǣt
- Scanian: rǽtter
- Danish: ret
- Norwegian Bokmål: rett
- Gutnish: rettar
- Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts)