recht

adj

Meaning

right

Etymology / origin

From Old Frisian riocht, from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight; just, morally upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“right, straightened”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to righten”).

*h₃reǵtós(ine-pro)→
*rehtaz(gem-pro)→
*reht(gmw-pro)→
riocht(ofs)→
recht (North Frisian)
Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh

Related words

riocht(ofs)*reht(gmw-pro)*rehtaz(gem-pro)*h₃reǵtós(ine-pro)right(English)

Descendant words

right(English) (cog)

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