Where does “tegi” come from?

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

tegi (Esperanto): to cover protectively (e.g. with cloth), to overlay

Definitions

  1. to cover protectively (e.g. with cloth), to overlay

Ancestry of “tegi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintegōto cover; to clothe
2Proto-Italictegōcover
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “tegi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →
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