Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃reǵ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Root

*h₃reǵ-

1. to straighten, to right oneself
2. right
3. just

Derived terms

► Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃reǵ-

• *h₃réǵ-e-ti (thematic root present)
• *h₃r̥-ne-ǵ-ti ~ *h₃r̥-n-ǵ-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • Germanic: *rankaz (“upright”) (derived from an unattested verb *rinkaną) (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian: *Hr̥nȷ́áti
    • Indo-Aryan: *Hr̥nȷ́áti
      • Sanskrit: ऋञ्जते (ṛñjáte, “directs, stretches”)
• *h₃roǵ-éye-ti (causative)
• *h₃rḗǵ-r- (“order”)
  • Indo-Iranian: *Hrā́ȷ́ras
    • Iranian: *Hrā́jrah
      • Avestan: 𐬭𐬁𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬆‎ (rāzar^ə) (nom. sg.)
• *h₃rḗǵ-s (“king”)
• *h₃reǵ-tó-s (“straightened, right”)
• *h₃réǵ-tus
  • Celtic: *rextus (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *rehtuz
    • Old Norse: réttr
      • Westrobothnian: rett
• *h₃r̥ǵ-ú-s ~ *h₃r̥ǵ-éw-s
  • Indo-Iranian: *Hr̥ȷ́úš (see there for further descendants)
• *h₃roǵ-o-s
  • Germanic: *rakaz
    • English: rake (“trail, path”)
  • Italic: *rogos
    • Latin: rogus
      • → Aromanian: rug
      • → Italian: rogo
      • → Romanian: rug
• *h₃reǵ-dʰl-eh₂
  • Italic: [Term?]
    • Latin: rēgula
• *h₃reǵ-mn̥
  • Italic: [Term?]
    • Latin: regimen (with epenthetic -i-)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: redzēt (“to see”)
    • Lithuanian: règti (“to begin to see”)
    • Lithuanian: regė́ti (“to see”)
  • Germanic: *rekanaz
    • ⇒ Germanic: *rekanōną (“to count, to calculate”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: rogō
  • Indic:
    • Sanskrit: राजि (rā́ji, “streak, line, row, range”)
      • → Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬘𐬌‎ (raji, “kingdom; domain”)
    • Sanskrit: राजति (rā́jati)
    • Sanskrit: राष्टि (rā́ṣṭi)