köken: From Early Modern German reen, ultimately from Old Norse hreinn (compare Swedish ren, Danish ren, Norwegian Nynorsk rein), from Proto-Germanic *hrainaz, most likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“head, top; horn”) as in “horned animal”, thus distantly related to Hirsch, Hornisse, Rind as well as Hirn, Horn. The compound Rentier (corresponding to English reindeer) is more commonly used.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrainaz Old Norse hreinn Swedish renbor. ▲ Old Norse hreinn Norwegian Nynorsk reinbor. French rennebor. Italian renna Borrowed from French renne.
caribou, reindeer (Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer)
eş: ren, renifer
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *maka·l- Proto-Algonquian *-i(x)po(w)- Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa Mi'kmaq qalipubor. Canadian French cariboubor. English cariboubor. Polish karibu Borrowed from English caribou.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrainaz Old Norse hreinn Swedish renbor. ▲ Old Norse hreinn Norwegian Nynorsk reinbor. French rennebor. Romanian ren Borrowed from French renne.