réttr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, whence also Old English riht, Old High German reht. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós. The noun réttr, however, is from a Proto-Germanic u-stem (*rehtuz).[1][2]

Adjective

réttr

right

Descendants

Icelandic: réttur
Faroese: rættur
Norwegian: rett
Old Swedish: rǣtter
- Swedish: rätt, rät
Old Danish: rǣt
- Danish: ret
Westrobothnian: rett
Elfdalian: rett
Gutnish: rettar
Scanian: rǽtter

References

Hellquist, Elof. 1922. Svensk etymologisk ordbok./
Fick, Falk and Torp. 1909. Wortschatz der Germanischen Spracheinheit/

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