Where does “райдуга” come from?

райдуга (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic dǫga, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dangāˀ — cover.

райдуга (Ukrainian): rainbow

Definitions

  1. rainbow

Ancestry of “райдуга”, step by step

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