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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *rehtaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_rehtaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_h3regtos" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*h₃reǵtós</orth>
          <def>right, straightened</def>
        </item>
      </list>
      <div type="dictionary">
        <entry xml:id="pgmc_rehtaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rehtaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>rehtaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈrex.tɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚱᛖᚺᛏᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>right, straight</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>morally upright, just</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h3regtos"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h3regtos">*h₃reǵtós</ref></mentioned> (‘right, straightened’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>rehtaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>rehtaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>rehtaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>rehtammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>rehtōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>rehtammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*reht</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>reht</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>recht</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>rèch</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*reht</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>reht</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>recht</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>recht</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Berbice Creole Dutch</lang>
                          <orth>rekti</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Jersey Dutch</lang>
                          <orth>rääxt</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Papiamentu</lang>
                          <orth>rècht</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Saramaccan</lang>
                          <orth>leti</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*reht</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>reht</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>recht</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>recht</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Negerhollands</lang>
                          <orth>recht, rek, ret, tret, regt</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Virgin Islands Creole</lang>
                            <orth>tret</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*reht</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>riht, reht, reoht, rieht, ryht</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Geordie</lang>
                        <orth>reet</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>richt</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yola</lang>
                        <orth>reights</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*reht</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>riht, reht, reoht, rieht, ryht</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>right</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Spanish</lang>
                          <orth>right</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Welsh</lang>
                          <orth>reit</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*reht</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>riucht, riocht</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>riucht, gjucht</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>rjocht</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*reht</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>rëht</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rëht</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>Rëcht</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>rääch, räht, räät, reht, reet, reecht, räächt</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>recht, Recht</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Hunsrik</lang>
                        <orth>richt</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>riets, riicht, Recht</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Vilamovian</lang>
                        <orth>racht</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>רעכט (rekht)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*reht</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>reht</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>recht</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>recht</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                        <orth>rajcht</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>réttr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>rett</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>rættur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>rettar</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>réttur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>rett</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>réttr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>rǣt</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scanian</lang>
                      <orth>rǽtter</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>réttr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>rǣt</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>ret</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>rett</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>réttr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>rǣtter</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>rätt, rät</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Samic</lang>
                  <orth>*riektë</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
        </entry>
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