English
lawrightman
By surface analysis, law + right + -man.
Equivalent to law + right + -man
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
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Old Norse lag ‘layer, stratum, a laying in order’
Old Norse lǫg ‘law’
Old English lagu ‘law’
Middle English lawe ‘law’
English law
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Proto-Germanic *rehtaz ‘right’
Proto-West Germanic *reht ‘straight’
Old English reht
Middle English reȝt
English right
Today it means
noun A lay judge in Orkney.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lawrightman