Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rehtą

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

Derived from *rehtaz (“right, straight”). Compare Proto-Celtic *rextus (“rule, law”), which may have influenced this word.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrex.tɑ̃/

Noun

*rehtą n

right, privilege
legal or moral entitlement

Inflection

Declension of *rehtą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rehtą	*rehtō
vocative	*rehtą	*rehtō
accusative	*rehtą	*rehtō
genitive	rehtas, rihtis	*rehtǫ̂
dative	*rehtai	*rehtamaz
instrumental	*rehtō	*rehtamiz

Related terms

*rehtuz, *garehtuz
*garihtiją
*rihtijaną
*unrehtaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *reht
- Old English: riht, reht — Mercian, reht, reoht, rieht, 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: 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)