rei-2, roi-

English meaning                      variegated, speckled

German meaning                     in Worten für `buntgestreift, fleckig'

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Derivatives                              rei-bho-, roi-bho- ds.

Material                                   Lit. raĩ-nas `grau, buntgestreift'; raĩ-mas `bunt'; air. rīabach `gesprenkelt', lit. raĩ-bas `gesprenkelt, graubunt' (raĩbti `flimmern'), lett. ràibs `bunt, fleckig', bes. von Tieren, apr. roaban `gestreift', russ. klr. ribyj `bunt'; *roi-k̂o- scheint die Grundlage von ahd. rēh n., rēho m., ags. rā, rāha m. `Reh', aisl. rā f., ags. rǣge (*raigjōn-), ahd. rêia, réia (unklar) und nhd. Ricke, ndl. rekke `Ricke', (expressiv) wozu wohl ai. riśya- m. `Antilopenbock'.

References                              WP. II 346, Trautmann 235 f., Specht Idg. Dekl. 115.

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