Where does “seinätiili” come from?
seinätiili (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.
seinätiili (Finnish): wall brick; wall tile
Definitions
- wall brick; wall tile
Ancestry of “seinätiili”, step by step
seinätiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tiili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiili | brick; tile |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tighl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | tigl | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 5 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 6 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |