réttur
Icelandic
/ˈrjɛhtʏr/
adj
Definitions
- straight
- (mathematics) right (of an angle)
- right, correct
- exactly full or complete
- morally right, just (of a thing, not a person)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse réttr (right) derived from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (right, straight, direct) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (right, straightened, having moved in a straight line).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃reǵtós
Gloss
right, straightened, having moved in a straight line
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rectus Latin
- rēctus Latin
- Rechtschreibreform German
- Rechtschreibung German
- aufrecht German
- recht German
- rechtlich German
- rechtspopulistisch German
- rechtsradikal German
- rechtsseitig German
- regelrecht German
- richtig German
- senkrecht German
- waagerecht German
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃reǵtós Proto-Indo-European
- rett Norwegian Bokmål
- *rehtaz Proto-Germanic
- rätt Swedish
- rett Norwegian Nynorsk
- riht Old English
- rétt Old Norse
- réttr Old Norse
- ret Danish
- forréttur Icelandic
- horn Icelandic
- hornréttur Icelandic
- hyrndur Icelandic
- hár Icelandic
- hæstiréttur Icelandic
- kosning Icelandic
- kosningarréttur Icelandic
- rétthyrndur Icelandic
- ríkisborgara Icelandic
- ríkisborgararéttur Icelandic
- *riht Old High German
- reht Old High German
- rættur Faroese
- riicht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- riichtbéien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *reht gmw-pro
- reht Old Dutch
- reht Old Saxon
- rett Westrobothnian
- *orektós Proto-Hellenic