roe
English
/ˈɹəʊ/, /ˈɹoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- The eggs of fish.
- The sperm of certain fish.
- The ovaries of certain crustaceans.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rowe inherited from Old English *hrogn (roe, spawn, fish eggs) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (frogspawn, weave, beat, spawn, web).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*krek-
Gloss
frogspawn, weave, beat, spawn, web
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
織
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thackeray English
- buck English
- deer English
- roebuck English
- roed English
- roedeer English
- roestone English
- stone English
- Rogen German
- икра Russian
- κρόκη Ancient Greek
- *krek- Proto-Indo-European
- *hragilą Proto-Germanic
- *hrehulaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrugnaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrugnaz, *hrugną Proto-Germanic
- *raihô Proto-Germanic
- *wranhō Proto-Germanic
- rom Swedish
- romsk Swedish
- *hrogn Old English
- hrēaw Old English
- roobukke Middle English
- rowe Middle English
- wro Middle English
- hrogn Old Norse
- rá Old Norse
- rogn Danish
- *jьkrā Proto-Slavic
- *krěsati Proto-Slavic
- hrogn Icelandic
- hrognamál Icelandic
- rogan Old High German
- rogo Old High German
- rēho Old High German
- rogen Middle High German
- rēch Middle High German
- Réi Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hrogan Old Saxon
- rughn Old Swedish
- reach Mòcheno