Rochen

Meaning

ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Concepts

ray

skate

stingray

red stingray

Batoidea

Synonyms

Grenze

Linie

Rollschuh

🛼

Scheitel

Schlittschuh

⛸️

Streifen

Strich

Translations

raie

raya

rog

razza

rajada

σαλάχι

raia

arraia

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

νάρκη

μουδιάστρα

Roggen

pattino

Σαλάχι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁɔxən/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: raia

Cognate with Dutch: rog

Cognate with Old English: reohhe

Cognate with English: roach

In summary

From Middle Low German roche, ruche, possibly a derivative of Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz (“rough”), but often thought to be from a substrate (compare also Latin raia). Cognate with Dutch rog, Old English reohhe, ruhha, and, via Old French, English roach (“a fish”).