- roe (n.1)
- "fish eggs," c.1400, from Proto-Germanic *khrugna (cf. Old Norse hrogn, Flemish rog, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch roge, Old High German rogo "roe"), from PIE *qreq- "spawn" (cf. Lithuanian kurkle, Russian krjak "spawn of frogs"). Exact relations of the Germanic words are uncertain.
- roe (n.2)
- "small deer," Old English ra, from raha, from Proto-Germanic *raikhon (cf. Old Norse ra, Dutch ree, Old High German reho, German Reh "doe"), perhaps from PIE root *rei- "streaked, spotted."