Where does “Toilettenhäuschen” come from?
Toilettenhäuschen (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.
Toilettenhäuschen (German): outhouse toilet
Definitions
- outhouse toilet
Ancestry of “Toilettenhäuschen”, step by step
Toilettenhäuschen 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 |