straight · direct; straight · right (dexter, opposite of left)
zıt: کج, چپ, دروغ
köken: From Middle Persian rāst, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎿𐎫 (rāsta, “right”), from Proto-Iranian *Hraštáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with English right.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Late Latin pēs Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Late Latin -ō Late Latin pedō Old French peon French pionbor. Polish pion Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic…
köken: kohti (“towards”) + suora (“straight”), i.e. "straight towards [something else]". Coined by Finnish lecturer and parliament member Alexander Ferdinand Borenius in 1845.