Where does “تيل” come from?

تيل (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish تل, from Arabic تَلّ, from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.

تيل (Egyptian Arabic): fibre such as of flax or hemp or cotton, wire

Definitions

  1. fibre such as of flax or hemp or cotton, wire

Ancestry of “تيل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتلfiber; hair; thread
2Arabicتَلّhillock; hill, elevation
3Proto-Semitictall-hill
4Proto-AfroasiatictVl-hill
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- →Every word from Proto-Semitic tall- →Every word from Arabic تَلّ →