Where does “toalettpapírok” come from?
toalettpapírok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian toalettpapír, from Hungarian toalett, from German Toilette, from French toilette, from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
Ancestry of “toalettpapírok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | toalettpapír | toilet paper |
| 2 | Hungarian | toalett | toilet; dress; dressing room |
| 3 | German | Toilette | toilet; toilette |
| 4 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 5 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 6 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 7 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 8 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 9 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 12 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 13 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |