Where does “Toilettenspülung” come from?
Toilettenspülung (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.
Toilettenspülung (German): toilet bowl, flush toilet, flushing toilet, water closet
Definitions
- toilet bowl, flush toilet, flushing toilet, water closet
Ancestry of “Toilettenspülung”, step by step
Toilettenspülung 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 Spülung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spülung | flushing |