Where does “toilettilaukku” come from?
toilettilaukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish toiletti, from English toilet, 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.
toilettilaukku (Finnish): toiletry bag, toilet bag
Definitions
- toiletry bag, toilet bag
Ancestry of “toilettilaukku”, step by step
toilettilaukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toiletti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toiletti | toilet |
| 2 | English | toilet | A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread... |
| 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 |