Where does “teitar” come from?

teitar (Galician) comes from Latin tēctum, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

teitar (Galician): to roof; to thatch

Definitions

  1. to roof; to thatch

Ancestry of “teitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintēctumroof, ceiling
2Latintegōto cover; to clothe
3Proto-Italictegōcover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →