Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tehswô

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *deḱs- (right). Cognate with Latin dexter (right), Lithuanian dešinys (right).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

*tehswô

  1. right (opposite of left)

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Descendants[edit]

This word is rare among the daughters, but survives in place names such as Texel, Teisterbant. In Old Norse, it was replaced with hǿgri, the descendant of the comparative of *hōgiz (convenient).