Where does “tiiliskiviromaani” come from?
tiiliskiviromaani (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiiliskivi, from Swedish tegelsten, from Swedish tegel, from Old Swedish tighl, from Old Norse tigl, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tiiliskiviromaani (Finnish): a novel that is as thick as a brick
Definitions
- a novel that is as thick as a brick
Ancestry of “tiiliskiviromaani”, step by step
tiiliskiviromaani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tiiliskivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiiliskivi | brick; a very thick book |
| 2 | Swedish | tegelsten | brick |
| 3 | Swedish | tegel | brick (burned clay, the material, used for roof tiles and bricks), tiles |
| 4 | Old Swedish | tighl | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | tigl | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 7 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 8 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |