Where does “tjegull” come from?

tjegull (Albanian) comes from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tjegull (Albanian): shingle; tile

Definitions

  1. shingle; tile

Ancestry of “tjegull”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
2Latintegōto cover; to clothe
3Proto-Italictegōcover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →