köken: From Middle High German bunt, probably from Latin punctus, whence also English point; this would make it a doublet of Punkt. Dutch bont seems to have somewhat earlier attestations in the relevant sense, but the phonetic form (b- for p- and Dutch -o- for -u-) could hint at Middle High German origin. It is therefore unsettled which of the two borrowed from which.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radǫga. The first element more likely derives from Proto-Slavic *radъ (“glad, dear, willing”) than folk etymology’s Proto-Slavic *rajь. Compare Russian весёлка (vesjólka, “rainbow”) (dialectal) related to весёлый (vesjólyj, “merry, cheerful, happy, convivial, gleeful, lighthearted”), Belarusian вясёлка (vjasjólka, “rainbow”). The second element from Proto-Slavic *dǫga…
aile: ра́дужная оболо́чка, ра́дужка, ра́дужный
Торговля в цветущем состоянии. — Çiçek durumu salkımdır.
köken: Etymology tree Arabic قَوْس (qaws) Arabic قُزَح (quzaḥ) Arabic قَوْس قُزَح From قَوْس (qaws) + قُزَح (quzaḥ). Literally, “bow of Quzah”, named after Quzah, a pre-Islamic Arab god of weather.
köken: Usually considered to be from Persian کمر (kamar, “arch”) + Arabic (قَوْس) قُزَح ((qaws) quzaḥ, “rainbow”). The word was then reanalyzed and reshaped as кемпір (kempır, “grandma”) + қосақ (qosaq, “a yoke for goats or sheep”) due to the folk etymology. However, note similar formations in Turkic languages: Kyrgyz жез кемпирдин көгөнү (jez kempirdin kögönü, “lit. the copper grandma's (sheep/goat)…
köken: From Middle Dutch regenboge, from Old Dutch *reganbogo, from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to regen (“rain”) + boog (“bow”).
köken: First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 므〮지게〮 (Yale: múcìkéy). Equivalent to 물 (mul, “water”) + 지게 (jige, “A-frame carrier”).
절도가 주의 민정을 담당했다. — Camimiz halkımıza hizmet vermektedir.
köken: From Sanskrit इन्द्रधनुस् (indradhanus), equal to इंद्र (indra, “Indra, god of thunder”) + धनुष (dhanuṣ, “bow, arc”), literally “the bow of Indra”.
köken: From the archaic noun szivár (“a hollow-tube glass tool used to draw wine from a barrel”, from szív (“to suck”) + -ár (noun-forming suffix)) + -vány (noun-forming suffix). The origin of the modern sense of szivárvány is the ancient belief that through the rainbow visible in the sky a mythological being draws up water from the earth.
arc, arch · bow (arc-shaped weapon used for archery) · rainbow
çekim: çoğul arcūs · tamlayan arcūs
köken: From Proto-Italic *arkuos (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Cognate to Old English earh, whence English arrow, as well as Proto-Slavic *orkyta (“willow”) and Ancient Greek ἄρκευθος (árkeuthos, “juniper”), owing to juniper and willow twigs being used to make bows due to their flexibility.