Where does “tiilenvalaja” come from?
tiilenvalaja (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.
tiilenvalaja (Finnish): brickmaker, brick caster
Definitions
- brickmaker, brick caster
Ancestry of “tiilenvalaja”, step by step
tiilenvalaja 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 |
via Finnish valaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valaja | agent noun of valaa: One who casts, molds; potter |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |