regnbue
Danish
/rajnbuːə/
noun
Definitions
- rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
Etymology
Compound from Danish regn (rain) + Danish bue (bow)derived from Old Norse regnbogi (rainbow) derived from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (rainbow) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰewgʰ-
Gloss
bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- badge English
- bow English
- rain English
- rainbow English
- rainbowed English
- rainbowfish English
- rainbowish English
- rainbowism English
- rainbowlike English
- rainbowy English
- бугор Russian
- *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰūgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- regnboge Norwegian Bokmål
- regnbue Norwegian Bokmål
- *baug- Proto-Germanic
- *baugaz Proto-Germanic
- *baugijaną Proto-Germanic
- *beuganą Proto-Germanic
- *bugô Proto-Germanic
- *buhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *būganą Proto-Germanic
- *regnabugô Proto-Germanic
- regnbåge Swedish
- regnboge Norwegian Nynorsk
- beah Old English
- byht Old English
- regnboga Old English
- reġnboga Old English
- reinbowe Middle English
- bjúgleikr Old Norse
- bogi Old Norse
- keng Old Norse
- regn Old Norse
- regnbogi Old Norse
- albue Danish
- bue Danish
- bueskytte Danish
- familie Danish
- regn Danish
- regnbuefamilie Danish
- regnvand Danish
- storcirkelbue Danish
- syreregn Danish
- regnbogi Icelandic
- biogan Old High German
- bouc Old High German
- reganbogo Old High German
- reginbogo Old High German
- conboing Old Irish
- בייגל Yiddish
- *reganbogo Old Dutch
- *bungeti Proto-Celtic
- bocht Middle Low German
- *bʰúǰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- renbo Tok Pisin
- bögen Low German
- alenbo Sranan Tongo