Where does “betonireikätiili” come from?
betonireikätiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish reikätiili, from Finnish tiili, from Old Swedish tighl, from Old Norse tigl, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
betonireikätiili (Finnish): concrete air brick
Definitions
- concrete air brick
Ancestry of “betonireikätiili”, step by step
betonireikätiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish reikätiili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | reikätiili | air brick |
| 2 | Finnish | tiili | brick; tile |
| 3 | Old Swedish | tighl | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | tigl | — |
| 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 |