Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/reht

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz.

Adjective

*reht

2. straight
3. right, correct
4. morally upright, just

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*reht
Genitive	*rehtas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*reht	*rehtu	*reht
Accusative	*rehtanā	*rehtā	*reht
Genitive	*rehtas	*rehteʀā	*rehtas
Dative	*rehtumē	*rehteʀē	*rehtumē
Instrumental	*rehtu	*rehteʀu	*rehtu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rehtē	*rehtō	*rehtu
Accusative	*rehtā	*rehtā	*rehtu
Genitive	*rehteʀō	*rehteʀō	*rehteʀō
Dative	*rehtēm, *rehtum	*rehtēm, *rehtum	*rehtēm, *rehtum
Instrumental	*rehtēm, *rehtum	*rehtēm, *rehtum	*rehtēm, *rehtum

Derived terms

• *rehtōn
• *rihtijan

Descendants

• 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)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rehtą.

Noun

*reht n

2. right, privilege

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*reht
Genitive	*rehtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*reht	*rehtu
Accusative	*reht	*rehtu
Genitive	*rehtas	*rehtō
Dative	*rehtē	*rehtum
Instrumental	*rehtu	*rehtum

Descendants

• 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)