Where does “rétta” come from?
rétta (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sígaretta, from Italian sigaretta, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
rétta (Icelandic): to straighten; to hand, pass; to hold a court of...
Definitions
- to straighten; to hand, pass; to hold a court of...
Ancestry of “rétta”, step by step
rétta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic sígaretta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sígaretta | cigarette |
| 2 | Italian | sigaretta | cigarette |
| 3 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 4 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 5 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 6 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Old Norse rétta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | rétta | to make straight, straighten; to stretch out,... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |