Where does “tiilielementti” come from?
tiilielementti (Finnish) comes from Finnish elementti, from Swedish element, from Latin elementum, from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον, from Ancient Greek στοῖχος, from Proto-Hellenic stóikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European stóygʰ-os, from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- — to go; to climb.
tiilielementti (Finnish): prefabricated brick component, prefabricated brick element
Definitions
- prefabricated brick component, prefabricated brick element
Ancestry of “tiilielementti”, step by step
tiilielementti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elementti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elementti | element; prefab |
| 2 | Swedish | element | element; basic building block of matter in... |
| 3 | Latin | elementum | one of four elements that composed the world;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στοιχεῖον | one of a row; one of a series, a component part,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στοῖχος | row in an ascending series; a line of poles... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | stóikʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stóygʰ-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |
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 |