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
Definitions
- brick; a very thick book
Ancestry of “tiiliskivi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tegelsten | brick |
| 2 | Swedish | tegel | brick (burned clay, the material, used for roof tiles and bricks), tiles |
| 3 | Old Swedish | tighl | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | tigl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 6 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 7 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |