Where does “Rechtsgeschäft” come from?

Rechtsgeschäft (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.

Rechtsgeschäft (German): transactional act, i.e. the main category of...

Definitions

  1. transactional act, i.e. the main category of...

Ancestry of “Rechtsgeschäft”, step by step

Rechtsgeschäft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German geschäft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangeschäftshop, store
2Germanschaffento create; to produce; to make; to cause; to...
3Middle High Germanschaffento make, create
4Old High Germanscaffan
5Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵtósEvery word from Proto-Germanic rehtaz