Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rehthert(ī)

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *reht (“right”) +‎ *-hert(ī) (“-hearted”), calque of Latin rectus corde.

Adjective

*rehthert(ī)

1. honest, morally upright

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*rehthert
Genitive	*rehthertas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rehthert	*rehthertu	*rehthert
Accusative	*rehthertanā	*rehthertā	*rehthert
Genitive	*rehthertas	*rehtherteʀā	*rehthertas
Dative	*rehthertumē	*rehtherteʀē	*rehthertumē
Instrumental	*rehthertu	*rehtherteʀu	*rehthertu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rehthertē	*rehthertō	*rehthertu
Accusative	*rehthertā	*rehthertā	*rehthertu
Genitive	*rehtherteʀō	*rehtherteʀō	*rehtherteʀō
Dative	*rehthertēm, *rehthertum	*rehthertēm, *rehthertum	*rehthertēm, *rehthertum
Instrumental	*rehthertēm, *rehthertum	*rehthertēm, *rehthertum	*rehthertēm, *rehthertum

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*rehthirtī
Genitive	*rehthirtijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rehthirtī	*rehthirtiju	*rehthirtī
Accusative	*rehthirtijanā	*rehthirtijā	*rehthirtī
Genitive	*rehthirtijas	*rehthirtijeʀā	*rehthirtijas
Dative	*rehthirtijumē	*rehthirtijeʀē	*rehthirtijumē
Instrumental	*rehthirtiju	*rehthirtijeʀu	*rehthirtiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rehthirtijē	*rehthirtijō	*rehthirtiju
Accusative	*rehthirtijā	*rehthirtijā	*rehthirtiju
Genitive	*rehthirtijeʀō	*rehthirtijeʀō	*rehthirtijeʀō
Dative	*rehthirtijēm, *rehthirtijum	*rehthirtijēm, *rehthirtijum	*rehthirtijēm, *rehthirtijum
Instrumental	*rehthirtijēm, *rehthirtijum	*rehthirtijēm, *rehthirtijum	*rehthirtijēm, *rehthirtijum

Descendants

• Old English: rihtheort
• Old High German: rehtherzi, rehtherz