rhebok

The story

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromreeboc
2. Dutch · derived fromreebok“roebuck”
3. Afrikaans · borrowed fromreebok“rhebok”
4. English todayrhebok

Earlier rabock, reebok, rhebuck, rheeboc, raybuck, rehboc, borrowed from Afrikaans reebok (“rhebok”), ribbok (“rhebok”), from Dutch reebok (“roebuck”), compound of ree + bok, from Middle Dutch reeboc. Unetymological h present since 1775 though the spelling and pronunciation has varied greatly over the years. Doublet of roebuck.