roe (1) Look up roe at Dictionary.com
"fish eggs," c.1400, corresponding to O.N. hrogn, Flem. rog, M.L.G. and M.Du. roge, O.H.G. rogo "roe," from P.Gmc. *khrugna, corresponding to PIE *qreq- "spawn" (cf. Lith. kurkle, Rus. krjak "spawn of frogs"). Exact relations of the Gmc. words are uncertain.
roe (2) Look up roe at Dictionary.com
"small deer," O.E. ra, from raha, from P.Gmc. *raikhon (cf. O.N. ra, Du. ree, O.H.G. reho, Ger. Reh "doe"), perhaps from PIE base *rei- "streaked, spotted." Roebuck is c.1400, from roe + buck.