Where does “teĝo” come from?

teĝo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tegi, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

teĝo (Esperanto): tej

Definitions

  1. tej

Ancestry of “teĝo”, step by step

teĝo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto tegi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotegito cover protectively (e.g. with cloth), to overlay
2Latintegōto cover; to clothe
3Proto-Italictegōcover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Amharic ጠጀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicጠጀtej, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →