*rehtą

Runic: ᚱᛖᚺᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈrex.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

right, privilege
legal or moral entitlement

Etymology

Derived from *rehtaz (‘right, straight’). Compare Proto-Celtic *rextus (‘rule, law’), which may have influenced this word.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	rehtą	rehtō
Acc.	rehtą	rehtō
Gen.	rehtas, rihtis	rehtǫ̂
Dat.	rehtai	rehtamaz
Inst.	rehtō	rehtamiz
Voc.	rehtą	rehtō

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Descendants

*reht (Proto-West Germanic)
- reht (Old Dutch)
  - recht (Middle Dutch)
    - rèch (Limburgish)
*reht (Proto-West Germanic)
- reht (Old Dutch)
  - recht (Middle Dutch)
    - recht (Dutch)
      - rekti (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - rääxt (Jersey Dutch)
      - rècht (Papiamentu)
      - leti (Saramaccan)
*reht (Proto-West Germanic)
- reht (Old Dutch)
  - recht (Middle Dutch)
    - recht (Dutch)
      - recht, rek, ret, tret, regt (Negerhollands)
        
        tret (Virgin Islands Creole)
*reht (Proto-West Germanic)
- riht, reht, reoht, rieht, ryht (Old English)
  - right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht (Middle English)
    - reet (Geordie)
    - richt (Scots)
    - reights (Yola)
*reht (Proto-West Germanic)
- riht, reht, reoht, rieht, ryht (Old English)
  - right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht (Middle English)
    - right (English)
      - right (Spanish)
      - reit (Welsh)
*reht (Proto-West Germanic)
- riucht, riocht (Old Frisian)
  - riucht, gjucht (Saterland Frisian)
  - rjocht (West Frisian)
*reht (Proto-West Germanic)
- reht (Old High German)
  - rëht (Middle High German)
    - Rëcht (Alemannic German)
    - rääch, räht, räät, reht, reet, reecht, räächt (Central Franconian)
    - recht, Recht (German)
    - richt (Hunsrik)
    - riets, riicht, Recht (Luxembourgish)
    - racht (Vilamovian)
    - רעכט (rekht) (Yiddish)
*reht (Proto-West Germanic)
- reht (Old Saxon)
  - recht (Middle Low German)
    - recht (Low German)
    - rajcht (Plautdietsch)

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