Rëcht

See also: recht and Recht

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight”), (an adjective also used substantively as a noun), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós. Cognate with German Recht Dutch recht, English right, Danish ret, Swedish rätt.

Noun

Rëcht n

  1. (Uri) right, privilege

References
  • “Rëcht” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 74.
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