rhaith
Welsh (Colloquial)
/r̥ai̯θ/
noun
Definitions
- (law) a right, a legal or moral entitlement
- (law) a compurgation, the oaths of character witnesses necessary for defense in some cases under medieval Welsh law
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Welsh reyth inherited from Proto-Brythonic *rreiθ (law, rule) inherited from Proto-Celtic *rextus (rule, law).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*rextus
Gloss
rule, law
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₃reǵ-tus Proto-Indo-European
- recht Old Irish
- rechtaigid Old Irish
- rechtmar Old Irish
- reachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *rextus Proto-Celtic
- recht Middle Irish
- *rreiθ Proto-Brythonic
- reyth Middle Welsh