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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/reht
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz.
Adjective
*reht[1]
- straight
- right, correct
- morally upright, just
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *reht | ||
| Genitive | *rehtas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *reht | *rehtu | *reht |
| Accusative | *rehtanā | *rehtā | *reht |
| Genitive | *rehtas | *rehteʀā | *rehtas |
| Dative | *rehtumē | *rehteʀē | *rehtumē |
| Instrumental | *rehtu | *rehteʀu | *rehtu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *rehtē | *rehtō | *rehtu |
| Accusative | *rehtā | *rehtā | *rehtu |
| Genitive | *rehteʀō | *rehteʀō | *rehteʀō |
| Dative | *rehtēm, *rehtum | *rehtēm, *rehtum | *rehtēm, *rehtum |
| Instrumental | *rehtēm, *rehtum | *rehtēm, *rehtum | *rehtēm, *rehtum |
Derived terms
- *rihtijan
Descendants
- 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
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *rehtą.
Noun
*reht n
- right, privilege
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *reht | |
| Genitive | *rehtas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *reht | *rehtu |
| Accusative | *reht | *rehtu |
| Genitive | *rehtas | *rehtō |
| Dative | *rehtē | *rehtum |
| Instrumental | *rehtu | *rehtum |
Descendants
- 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
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 337: “PWGmc *reht”