Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/raihō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *raih

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą.

Noun

*raihō m

1. roe deer

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*raihō
Genitive	*raihini, *raihan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*raihō	*raihan
Accusative	*raihan	*raihan
Genitive	*raihini, *raihan	*raihanō
Dative	*raihini, *raihan	*raihum
Instrumental	*raihini, *raihan	*raihum

Descendants

• 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