Where does “tiilenpunainen” come from?

tiilenpunainen (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.

tiilenpunainen (Finnish): fire brick

Definitions

  1. fire brick

Ancestry of “tiilenpunainen”, step by step

tiilenpunainen 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 punainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunainenred; reds, red lights; the socialists
2Proto-Finnicpunainenred
3Proto-Finnicpunared
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →