Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rehtaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“right, straightened”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrex.tɑz/

Adjective

*rehtaz

right, straight
morally upright, just

Inflection

Declension of *rehtaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*rehtaz	*rehtō	*rehtą, -atō	*rehtai	*rehtôz	*rehtō
accusative	*rehtanǭ	*rehtǭ	*rehtą, -atō	*rehtanz	*rehtōz	*rehtō
genitive	*rehtas, -is	*rehtaizōz	*rehtas, -is	*rehtaizǫ̂	*rehtaizǫ̂	*rehtaizǫ̂
dative	*rehtammai	*rehtaizōi	*rehtammai	*rehtaimaz	*rehtaimaz	*rehtaimaz
instrumental	*rehtanō	*rehtaizō	*rehtanō	*rehtaimiz	*rehtaimiz	*rehtaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*rehtô	*rehtǭ	*rehtô	*rehtaniz	*rehtōniz	*rehtōnō
accusative	*rehtanų	*rehtōnų	*rehtô	*rehtanunz	*rehtōnunz	*rehtōnō
genitive	*rehtiniz	*rehtōniz	*rehtiniz	*rehtanǫ̂	*rehtōnǫ̂	*rehtanǫ̂
dative	*rehtini	*rehtōni	*rehtini	*rehtammaz	*rehtōmaz	*rehtammaz
instrumental	*rehtinē	*rehtōnē	*rehtinē	*rehtammiz	*rehtōmiz	*rehtammiz

Derived terms

*garehtaz
- Old English: ġeriht, ġereht, ġereoht, ġeryht
  - Middle English: irihte
- Old Dutch: *gereht
  - Middle Dutch: gherecht
    - Dutch: gerecht
    - Limburgish: gerèch
- Old High German: gireht
  - Middle High German: gereht
    - Cimbrian: gerècht
    - German: gerecht
    - Luxembourgish: gerecht
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (garaihts)
*garihtiją
*rihtijaną
*unrehtaz
*rehtą

Related terms

*rehtuz, *garehtuz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *reht
- Old English: riht, reht — Mercian, reht, reoht, reiht, ryht
  - Middle English: right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht
    - English: right
      - → Spanish: right
      - → Welsh: reit
    - Geordie English: reet
    - Scots: richt
    - Yola: reights (plural)
- Old Frisian: riucht, riocht
  - Saterland Frisian: riucht, gjucht
  - West Frisian: rjocht
- Old Saxon: reht
  - Middle Low German: recht
    - Low German: recht
- 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
- Old High German: rëht
  - Middle High German: rëht
    - Alemannic German: Rëcht
    - Central Franconian: rääch, räht, räät (western Ripuarian, parts of western Moselle Franconian), reht, reet, reecht (other parts of Moselle Franconian), räächt (eastern Moselle Franconian)
    - German: recht, Recht
    - Hunsrik: richt
    - Luxembourgish: riets, riicht, Recht (influenced by German)
    - Vilamovian: racht
    - Yiddish: רעכט (rekht)
Old Norse: réttr
- Icelandic: réttur
- Faroese: rættur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rett
- Elfdalian: rett
- Old Swedish: rǣtter
  - Swedish: rätt, rät
- Old Danish: rǣt
  - Scanian: rǽtter
  - Danish: ret
    - Norwegian Bokmål: rett
- Gutnish: rettar
Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts)
→ Proto-Samic: *riektë (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rehta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rehta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408