Where does “téglaház” come from?
téglaház (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tégla, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
téglaház (Hungarian): brick house
Definitions
- brick house
Ancestry of “téglaház”, step by step
téglaház traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tégla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tégla | brick |
| 2 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 3 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via Hungarian ház
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ház | house, building; home; the residents of a house... |