Where does “rihte” come from?
rihte (Old English) comes from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian 𓀠.
rihte (Old English): straight; right, in the following senses
Definitions
- straight; right, in the following senses
Ancestry of “rihte”, step by step
rihte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | E | — |
| 2 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ 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 δ and foll |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |
via Old English riht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | riht | straight; right, true, correct; rightful,... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | reht | straight; right, correct; morally upright, just |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rehtaz | right, straight; morally upright, just |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵtós | straightened, right, upright |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |