roe

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (uncountable, usually) Eggs of fish.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Sperm of certain fish.
  3. (uncountable, usually) Ovaries of certain crustaceans.

Frekwensie

C2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɹəʊ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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”).

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