Where does “Gleichheitsrecht” come from?
Gleichheitsrecht (German) comes from German recht, from Middle High German reht, from Old High German reht, from Proto-West Germanic reht, from Proto-Germanic rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵtós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Gleichheitsrecht (German): equal rights
Definitions
- equal rights
Ancestry of “Gleichheitsrecht”, step by step
Gleichheitsrecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German recht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | recht | right; proper, correct; true, real |
| 2 | Middle High German | reht | — |
| 3 | Old High German | reht | right |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | reht | straight; right, correct; morally upright, just |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rehtaz | right, straight; morally upright, just |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵtós | straightened, right, upright |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via German Gleichheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gleichheit | equality |
| 2 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 4 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |