Where does “rettet” come from?
rettet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rette, from Old Norse rétta, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
rettet (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of rette:
## simple past
## past...
Definitions
- inflection of rette:
## simple past
## past...
Ancestry of “rettet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rette | definite singular of rett; plural of rett; to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | rétta | to make straight, straighten; to stretch out,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |