Old English riht reflects Germanic *rehtaz through regular West Germanic history.
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riht
right, just, correct, straight
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · right just straight adjective*rehtaz
right, just, correct, straight
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The Germanic adjective retains right, just, correct, and straight senses.
The parent is reconstructed rather than directly attested.
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Indo-European Root reg-reg-, *reg-to- to Germanic *rehtaz and Old English riht
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