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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rihtijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *rehtaz (“straight”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrix.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*rihtijaną
- to straighten, to set straight
- to align, to direct
Inflection
Conjugation of *rihtijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *rihtijō | *rihtijaų | — | *rihtijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *rihtīsi | *rihtijais | *rihtī | *rihtijasai | *rihtijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *rihtīþi | *rihtijai | *rihtijaþau | *rihtijaþai | *rihtijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *rihtijōs | *rihtijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *rihtijaþiz | *rihtijaiþiz | *rihtijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *rihtijamaz | *rihtijaim | — | *rihtijanþai | *rihtijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *rihtīþ | *rihtijaiþ | *rihtīþ | *rihtijanþai | *rihtijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *rihtijanþi | *rihtijain | *rihtijanþau | *rihtijanþai | *rihtijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *rihtidǭ | *rihtidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *rihtidēz | *rihtidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *rihtidē | *rihtidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *rihtidēdū | *rihtidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *rihtidēdudiz | *rihtidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *rihtidēdum | *rihtidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *rihtidēdud | *rihtidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *rihtidēdun | *rihtidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *rihtijandz | *rihtidaz | |||
Derived terms
- *garihtijaną
Descendants
- Old English: rihtan, rehtan, ryhtan
- Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten
- English: right
- Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten
- Old Frisian: riuchta
- Old Saxon: rihtian
- Old Dutch: *rihten
- Middle Dutch: richten
- Dutch: richten
- Afrikaans: rig
- Dutch: richten
- Limburgish: richte
- Middle Dutch: richten
- Old High German: rihten
- Middle High German: richten
- German: richten
- Luxembourgish: riichten
- Middle High German: richten
- Old Norse: rétta (a class 1 weak verb, the descendants have mostly moved it to class 2)
- Icelandic: rétta
- Faroese: rætta
- Norwegian: rette
- Old Swedish: rǣtta
- Swedish: rätta, räta
- Danish: rette
- Westrobothnian: riit, retn
- Elfdalian: retta, raita
- Gutnish: rete, ret', reta
- Gothic: *𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*raihtjan) (attested as 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (garaihtjan))