Where does “tiiliskivi” come from?
tiiliskivi (Finnish) comes from Swedish tegelsten, from Swedish tegel, from Old Swedish tighl, from Old Norse tigl, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tiiliskivi (Finnish): brick; a very thick book
Ancestry of “tiiliskivi”, step by step