Where does “dúha” come from?

dúha (Slovak) comes from Proto-Slavic dǫga, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dangāˀ — cover.

dúha (Slovak): rainbow

Definitions

  1. rainbow

Ancestry of “dúha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdǫgaarc, arch; rainbow
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdangāˀcover
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dangāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic dǫga →