Where does “kivitiili” come from?

kivitiili (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

kivitiili (Finnish): stone brick, rock brick

Definitions

  1. stone brick, rock brick

Ancestry of “kivitiili”, step by step

kivitiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiilibrick; tile
2Old Swedishtighl—
3Old Norsetigl—
4Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
5Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
6Latintegōto cover; to clothe
7Proto-Italictegōcover
8Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →