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

1. right, straight
2. morally upright, just

Inflection

Declension of *rehtaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
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
  • 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, richt
      • 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: reht
    • 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)