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

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)
- 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, 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