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