Where does “Rechtsberatung” come from?

Rechtsberatung (German) comes from German Beratung, from German beraten, from German raten, from Middle High German rāten, from Old High German rātan, from Proto-West Germanic rādan, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Rechtsberatung (German): legal advice

Definitions

  1. legal advice

Ancestry of “Rechtsberatung”, step by step

Rechtsberatung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Beratung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeratungdiscussion; consultation; advice
2Germanberatento discuss; to advise
3Germanratento advise; to recommend; to guess
4Middle High Germanrātento advise
5Old High Germanrātanto decide, advise
6Proto-West Germanicrādanto advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,...
7Proto-Germanicrēdanąto decide, advise
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German recht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrechtright; proper, correct; true, real
2Middle High Germanreht
3Old High Germanrehtright
4Proto-West Germanicrehtstraight; right, correct; morally upright, just
5Proto-Germanicrehtazright, straight; morally upright, just
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵtósstraightened, right, upright
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-