Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/raihō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*raihō	*raihan
Accusative	*raihan	*raihan
Genitive	*raihini	*raihanō
Dative	*raihini	*raihum
Instrumental	*raihini	*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)
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

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171: “PWGmc *raihō”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171: “PWGmc *raihō”