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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

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)
    • 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
        • Limburgish: rieë
    • Old High German: rēho m; rēh n (reiga, rēia f)
  • Proto-Norse: ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ (raïhan)

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
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