richt
Scots
/rɪçt/
adj
Definitions
- right
- sane
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English riȝt inherited from Old English riht (right, legitimate) inherited from *reht (correct, morally just, right) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (right, straight, direct).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rehtaz
Gloss
right, straight, direct
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
右
Emoji
👉️ 🤜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃reǵtós Proto-Indo-European
- *rehtaz Proto-Germanic
- *rehtą Proto-Germanic
- eþelriht Old English
- geriht Old English
- landriht Old English
- leodriht Old English
- riht Old English
- rihte Old English
- rihtnes Old English
- rihtwis Old English
- rihtæw Old English
- unriht Old English
- upriht Old English
- right Middle English
- riȝt Middle English
- rétt Old Norse
- réttr Old Norse
- *riht Old High German
- reht Old High German
- 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *reht gmw-pro
- reht Old Dutch
- reht Old Saxon
- riuht Old Frisian