Where does “tiilenpoltto” come from?

tiilenpoltto (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.

tiilenpoltto (Finnish): burning bricks

Definitions

  1. burning bricks

Ancestry of “tiilenpoltto”, step by step

tiilenpoltto 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 poltto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttoburn, burning; burn; incineration
2Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
3Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
4Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
5Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →