Where does ā€œeastrihteā€ come from?

eastrihte (Old English) comes from Old English rihte, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan šŒ„, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian š“€ .

eastrihte (Old English): due east

Definitions

  1. due east

Ancestry of ā€œeastrihteā€, step by step

eastrihte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English rihte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrihtestraight; right, in the following senses
2Old EnglishE—
3LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
4EtruscanšŒ„ā€”
5Ancient GreekεLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later į¼’ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by Ī“ and foll
6Phoenician𐤄that
7Egyptian𓀠—

via Old English ēast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishēasteast; eastern
2Old Norseaustreast
3Proto-Germanicaustrąeast; east, eastward
4Proto-Germanicaustrazeast, eastern
5Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwsterosin the direction of dawn, east
Every word from Egyptian š“€  →Every word from Phoenician 𐤄 →Every word from Ancient Greek ε →