Where does “tegel” come from?
tegel (Dutch) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tegel (Dutch): tile
Ancestry of “tegel”, step by step