rei-2, roi-

    rei-2, roi-

    English meaning: variegated, speckled

    Deutsche Übersetzung: in Worten for “buntgestreift, fleckig”

    Material: Lith. raĩ-nas “gray, buntgestreift”; raĩ-mas “varicolored”; O.Ir. rīabach “ dappled “, Lith. raĩ-bas “ dappled, graubunt” (raĩbti “flicker”), Ltv. ràibs “varicolored, fleckig”, esp. from animals, O.Pruss. roaban “gestreift”, Russ. Clr. ribyj “varicolored”; *roi-k̂o- seems die base from O.H.G. rēh n., rēho m., O.E. rü, rüha m. “roe deer”, O.Ice. rü f., O.E. rǣ ge (*raigjōn-), O.H.G. rêia, réia (unclear) and Ger. Ricke, Dutch rekke “Ricke”, (expressive) wherefore probably O.Ind. riśya- m. “ male antelope “.

    References: WP. II 346, Trautmann 235 f., Specht IE Decl. 115.