Where does “betegelen” come from?
betegelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch tegel, from Middle Dutch tigele, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
betegelen (Dutch): to tile, to put tiles on
Definitions
- to tile, to put tiles on
Ancestry of “betegelen”, step by step
betegelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tegel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tegel | tile |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tigele | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 6 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 7 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via Dutch be- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | be- -en | Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to apply/provide (noun) to" |