Where does “Ziegelstein” come from?
Ziegelstein (German) comes from German ziegel, from Middle High German ziegel, from Old High German ziegal, from Old High German ziagala, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
Ziegelstein (German): a brick used in masonry
Ancestry of “Ziegelstein”, step by step