roe

roe
\ \ Roe the deer [OE] and roefish eggs’ [15] are distinct words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *raikh-, which also produced German reh, Dutch ree, Swedish råa, and Danish raa. Its underlying meaning may be ‘spotted’, an allusion to the roe deer’s dappled coat. Roefish eggs’ was borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German roge, a word of uncertain origin.

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