Where does “sutîl” come from?

sutîl (Friulian) comes from Latin subtīlis, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

sutîl (Friulian): thin; fine

Definitions

  1. thin; fine

Ancestry of “sutîl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubtīlisfine, thin, slender
2Latintēlaweb
3Old Dutchtegela
4Proto-Germanic*tigulā
5Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
6Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
7Latintegōto cover; to clothe
8Proto-Italictegōcover
9Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
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