reht

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz.

Adjective

reht

right

Descendants

Middle Dutch: recht
- Dutch: recht
  - Afrikaans: reg
- Limburgish: rèch

Further reading

“reht (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Adjective

reht

Alternative form of riht

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, whence also Old English riht, Old Norse réttr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Adjective

reht

right

Descendants

Middle High German: rëht
- Alemannic German: Rëcht
- Central Franconian: rääch, räät, räht
- German: recht, Recht
- Hunsrik: richt
- Luxembourgish: riets, riicht, Recht (influenced by German)
- Vilamovian: racht
- Yiddish: רעכט‎ (rekht)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, whence also Old English riht, Old Norse réttr.

Adjective

reht

right

Descendants

Middle Low German: recht, richt
- Low German: recht

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