| Mod.Greek | rhisos | lynx (whence rhesus, attributed to a monkey by Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759-1800) |
| Sbc. | ris | (Sln. id.) lynx (from its ear tufts) |
| Pol. | ryš | lynx; Long-eared Owl, 248 |
| Czech | rîs | id. |
| Sbc. | ricka sova | Long-eared Owl, 248 |
| Sbc.reg. | ricak | reed (from its inflorescence) |
| Sbc. | ricak, ricka | Mallard, 40 (cf. raca hereunder) |
| Germ. | reis | branch, shoot, rice |
| Engl. | rice | cereal with long glumes |
| Ital.sud | rišul | barley |
| Franç.: VD | risoletta | Pasque flower (feathery inflorescence) |
| Arabic: Eg. | riš | feather |
| Arabic | umm-rišàlah | Bearded Vulture, 200 |
| berb: Kabyle | isri | Egyptian Vulture, 199 (from its nuchal tuft) |
| Pers. | riš | beard |
| Kurdish | réh | id. |
| Pers. | rišah | tendril |
| Pers. | rišè | root |
| Anc.Greek | rhiza | id. |
| Franç.;Bagnes, Savièse,VS | rize | id. |
| Franç. | racine | id. |
| Ital. | racimo | cluster |
| Franç. | régime | cluster of bananas |
| Anc.Greek | rhax | bunch of grape |
| Alb. | rrush | id. |
| Franç. | raisin | id. |
| Franç.: VD | raisinet | red currant |
| Franç. | groseille | (g prosth.) red curant |
| Sbc. | grozde | grape |
| Lettish | grézna | cock's comb |
| Franç.: VD | grassi | juniper |
| Engl. | grass | plant of the family Gramineae: bristled aspect. Not cognate to either grain,grow or green; cf. the following |
| Gallego | graiza | grass |
| Etr. | riz | sheep (frizzy hair) |
| Span. | rizo | curled tuft of hair |
| Port. | riço | id. |
| Span.reg. | rizo et var. | various thorny plants |
| Span. | brizo | (prosth./b/) urchin |
| Span. | brezo | heath (see hereunder for other forms with prosth. /b/) |
| Anc.Greek | oryza | riz |
| Anc.Greek | oryx | a horned mammal (borrowed from Basque, hereafter) |
| Basque | oriza | chamois |
| Franç.: Pyr. | isar | chamois (Basque substr.) |
| Ital. | risata | rice |
| Franç. | risette (brosse à) | bristle brush |
| Franç.: Grde Lande | prissoc | (prosth. /p/) chestnut bur |
| Ital.:V.Verzasca | risc | flue brush |
| Ital. | riccio | frizzy; chestnut bur; hedgehog |
| Ital.: Pav. | riccioli | curved feathers of the male Mallard, 40 |
| Ital. | ricino | castor oil plant (bristled seed capsule) |
| Ital. | porco-risso | hedgehog |
| Span. | rizón | small anchor |
| Ital. | rizzón | id. |
| Franç.(a.litt.) | risson | id. |
| Ital.reg. | rizzàn | Mallard, 40 |
| Ital.: Corse | friccione | (prosth. /f/) Mallard, 40 (see riccioli, above) |
| Ital.reg. | frisone et var. | Hawfinch, 431 (for the peculiar shape of some feathers) |
| Ital.: Pad. | frišon | a kind of mushroom (v. hérissonð4.6.2.); a race of horses with tufts of hair at the feet |
| Ital.: Berg. | gasöla frisunera | Red-backed Shrike, 326 (vermiculated plumage) |
| Franç. | frison | curld lock of hair |
| Anc.Greek | phrixós, tephrikós | bristled |
| Ital.: Cal. | rizzu | urchinð4.6.2. |
| Ital.: Friuli | ritsà | to bristle |
| Ital.reg. | resegon | Redšbreasted Merganser, 60 (saw bill) |
| Franç.: Sav. | reyce | saw; Red-breasted Merganser, 60 |
| Franç.: VS | risse | saw |
| Franç. | rèche | rough (to touch and taste) |
| Sbc. | reš | crispy |
| Alb. | rryshkët | wrinkled |
| Alb. | rrecës | inside wall of stomach |
| Gallego | raxo | tentacle of octopus ("bristled" with suckers) |
| Ital. | rozzo | rough |
| Alb. | rosë | Mallard, 40 (see riccioli,rizzàn, above) |
| Cat.: Mgerm. | rossa | id. |
| Ital.: Otr. | roggia | id. |
| Roman. | ratâ | id. |
| Ukr. | raca | id. |
| Hung.(pré-magyar) | recze | id. |
| Basque | eratz, arata | id. |
| Gael.S. | preaslach | (prosth. /p) id. |
| Gael.S. | preas | wrinkled, corrugated; bush, shrub, thicket |
| Roman. | spîrci | to wrinkle |
| Span. | rusco | butcher's broom (Lat. ruscus) |
| Span. | brusco | (prosth. /b/) rough; butcher's broom |
| Ital. | brusco | rough |
| Gallego | broza | pine needle |
| Franç.: Lens (VS) | breusse | honeycomb |
| Franç. | brousse | brushy land (cf. preas, above) |
| Franç. | brosse | brush |
| Franç.: Châteaubriand | ébrusser (s') | se couvrir de duvet (oisillon) |
| Roman. | sborsi | to bristle |
| Roman. | sbors | stickleback |
| Anc.Greek | britza | rye |
| Lettish | rudzis | id. |
| Lith. | rugys | id. |
| Czech | rez | id. |
| Engl. | rye | a cereal with long bristles, cf. rez, above and roggen, hereunder. Certainly not cognate to germ. rad "wheel" |
| Engl. | rye-grass, ray-grass | a kind of grass, French ivraie |
| Franç. | ivraie | rye-grass |
| Ital. | ruguso | frizzled, wrinkled, rough |
| Engl. | rough | rough |
| Germ. | roggen | rye |
| ON | rögg | shaggy |
| Svensk | rugg | rough hair; ruggen to roughen |
| Engl. | rugged | roughly broken surface |
| Engl. | rug | carpet |
| Lat. | ruga | wrinkle, fold |
| Engl. | ragged | tattered, rough |
| Engl. | rag | a kind of hard limestone; tattered clothing; (verb) to break up (lump of ore) |
| Franç.: Nendaz: VS | rigotâ | frizzy, kinky |
| Franç. | fragon | (prosth. /f/), Span. rusco, above |
| Lith. | rãzas | stubble, rice broom |
| Lith. | razys | antler |
| Franç. | ronce | bramble |
| Roman. | rînzâ | gizzard;catkin of alder, nut tree |
| Roman. | brînzi | (prosth. /b/) to coagulate (whence brînzâ "cheese" Germ. (Suisse) sbrinz a kind of cheese |
| Mod.Greek | kapsorachi | Lapwing, 158 (pointed crest) |
| Anc.Greek | rháchos, rhèchos | thorny bush |
| Sbc. | drac | (prosth. /d/) bramble, thorn, thorn bush |