roe

roe · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*krek-“(frog) spawn”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrugnaz
3. Old English · inherited from*hrogn“spawn, fish eggs, roe”
4. Middle English · inherited fromrowe
5. English todayroe

From Middle English rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from Old English *hrogn (“spawn, fish eggs, roe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, *hrugną (“spawn, roe”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“(frog) spawn”). Cognate with Dutch roge (“roe”), German Low German Rögen (“roe”), German Rogen (“roe”), Danish rogn, ravn (“roe”), Swedish rom (“roe”), Icelandic hrogn (“roe”), Lithuanian kurkulai̇̃ (“frog spawn”), Russian кряк (krjak, “frog spawn”).

roe · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*rey-“spotted, streaked”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*raihô
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*raihō
4. Old English · inherited fromrā
5. Middle English · inherited fromro
6. English todayroe

From Middle English ro, roa, from Old English rā, rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą, from *róyko-, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“spotted, streaked”). See also Saterland Frisian Räi, Dutch ree, German Reh; also Irish riabh (“tripe, streak”), Latvian ràibs (“spotted”), Russian рябо́й (rjabój, “mottled fur”).

Roe · proper noun³

From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.

Roe · proper noun⁴

From "Jane Roe", the legal pseudonym of the case's anonymous plaintiff.

Roe · proper noun⁵

1. Irish · derived froman Ró
2. English todayRoe

From Irish an Ró ("the roaring one").

Roe · noun⁶

From a clipping of Roegadyn.

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