Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rihtijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *rehtaz (“straight”) +‎ *-janą.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrix.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rihtijaną

to straighten, to set straight
to align, to direct

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*rihtijō	*rihtijaų	—	*rihtijai	?
2nd singular	*rihtīsi	*rihtijais	*rihtī	*rihtijasai	*rihtijaisau
3rd singular	*rihtīþi	*rihtijai	*rihtijaþau	*rihtijaþai	*rihtijaiþau
1st dual	*rihtijōs	*rihtijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rihtijaþiz	*rihtijaiþiz	*rihtijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*rihtijamaz	*rihtijaim	—	*rihtijanþai	*rihtijainþau
2nd plural	*rihtīþ	*rihtijaiþ	*rihtīþ	*rihtijanþai	*rihtijainþau
3rd plural	*rihtijanþi	*rihtijain	*rihtijanþau	*rihtijanþai	*rihtijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rihtidǭ	*rihtidēdį̄
2nd singular	*rihtidēz	*rihtidēdīz
3rd singular	*rihtidē	*rihtidēdī
1st dual	*rihtidēdū	*rihtidēdīw
2nd dual	*rihtidēdudiz	*rihtidēdīdiz
1st plural	*rihtidēdum	*rihtidēdīm
2nd plural	*rihtidēdud	*rihtidēdīd
3rd plural	*rihtidēdun	*rihtidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*rihtijandz	*rihtidaz

Derived terms

*garihtijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rihtijan
- Old English: rihtan, rehtan, ryhtan
  - Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten
    - English: right
- Old Frisian: riuchta
- Old Saxon: rihtian
  - Middle Low German: richten
    - Low German: richten
- Old Dutch: rihten
  - Middle Dutch: richten
    - Dutch: richten
      - Afrikaans: rig
  - Limburgish: richte
- Old High German: rihten
  - Middle High German: richten
    - German: richten
    - Luxembourgish: riichten
Old Norse: rétta (a class 1 weak verb, the descendants have mostly moved it to class 2)
- Icelandic: rétta
- Faroese: rætta
- Norwegian: rette
- Old Swedish: rǣtta
  - Swedish: rätta, räta
- Danish: rette
- Elfdalian: retta, raita
- Gutnish: rete, ret', reta

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rehta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408: “*rehtjan-”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rehta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408: “*rehtjan-”

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