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Source:*strěxaProto-Slavic · “roof, thatch”certain

Three answers: 'the cover' (крыша, krov), a German loan (dach, дах), and the old thatch word (střecha).

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roof

Polish

dach

dax

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Russian
кры́шаkryša
ˈkrɨʂədifferent word · Proto-Slavic *kryti 'to cover'
Ukrainian
дахdax
daxdifferent word · German Dach, via Polish
Polish
dach
daxdifferent word · German Dach
Polish strzecha, the cognate of Czech střecha, means a thatched roof.
Czech
střecha
ˈstr̝ɛxainherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
krovкров
krovdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *kryti 'to cover'
English
roof