rihtan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to right, restore
- to rectify, correct, amend
- to keep right, direct, rule , straighten
Etymology
Inherited from *rihtijan inherited from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (right, judge, straighten, make right, rectify).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rihtijaną
Gloss
right, judge, straighten, make right, rectify
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bericht German
- Nachricht German
- Richtlinie German
- Richtschnur German
- Richtung German
- Unterricht German
- anrichten German
- aufrichten German
- ausrichten German
- berichten German
- errichten German
- hinrichten German
- richten German
- unterrichten German
- verrichten German
- zurichten German
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *garihtijaną Proto-Germanic
- *rihtijaną Proto-Germanic
- rette Norwegian Nynorsk
- gerihtan Old English
- rihtung Old English
- lǫgrétta Old Norse
- rétta Old Norse
- rette Danish
- rætta Faroese
- *rihtijan gmw-pro
- rihten Old Dutch
- rihtian Old Saxon
- rætta Old Swedish
- rætta, rǣtta Old Swedish
- riit Westrobothnian