Where does “toalettilaukku” come from?
toalettilaukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish toaletti, from Swedish toalett, from French toilette, from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
Ancestry of “toalettilaukku”, step by step
toalettilaukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toaletti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toaletti | toilet, water closet |
| 2 | Swedish | toalett | toilet; bathroom, a room containing a toilet, but... |
| 3 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 4 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 5 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 6 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 7 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 8 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 11 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 12 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |