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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · right just straight adjective

*rehtaz

right, just, correct, straight

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European suffixed formation · straight directed formation

*reg-to-

directed straight; right

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Germanic *rehtaz reflects reconstructed *reg-to- with the expected Germanic consonant history.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

A straight or directed formation supports correctness and rightness.

CHRONOLOGY

Both stages before Old English are comparative reconstructions.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

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Indo-European Root reg-reg-, *reg-to- and Germanic *rehtaz section

Publishes the reconstructed relationship.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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*rehtaz → *reg-to-

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