Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raihô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *raihą

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *róyko-, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“spotted, streaked”). Compare Irish riabh (“stripe; streak”), Latvian ràibs (“spotted”), Russian рябо́й (rjabój, “mottled fur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi.xɔːː/

Noun

*raihô m

1. deer

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *raihô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*raihô	*raihaniz
vocative	*raihô	*raihaniz
accusative	*raihanų	*raihanunz
genitive	*raihiniz	*raihanǫ̂
dative	*raihini	*raihammaz
instrumental	*raihinē	*raihammiz

Derived terms

• *raigijǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *raihō, *raih
  • Old English: rāha, rāa, rā m (rǣġe f)
    • Middle English: ro, roo, ra, raa, roa
      • English: roe
      • Scots: ra, rae
  • Old Frisian: *rāha, *rē, *rā
    • >? Saterland Frisian: Räi n (possibly via Middle Low German)
    • West Frisian: ree
  • Old Saxon: rēho m; *rēh n
    • Middle Low German: rē n
      • German Low German: Reh
      • Plautdietsch: Ree
  • Old Dutch: reio m
    • Middle Dutch: ree, re
      • Dutch: ree
        • Afrikaans: ree
      • Limburgish: rieë
  • Old High German: rēho m; rēh n (reiga, rēia f)
    • Middle High German: rēch n, rē n
      • German: Reh
      • Hunsrik: Reh
      • Luxembourgish: Réi
      • Mòcheno: reach
• Proto-Norse: ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ (raïhan)
  • Old English: rāha, rāa, rā m (rǣġe f)
    • Middle English: ro, roo, ra, raa, roa
      • English: roe
      • Scots: ra, rae
  • Old Norse: rá f
    • Icelandic: rá
    • Faroese: rá
    • Norwegian: rå
    • Old Swedish: rā
      • Swedish: rå
    • Danish: rå

References

• Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*raixòn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 295
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*raiha(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402