Where does “tiȝel” come from?

tiȝel (Middle English) comes from Old English tieġle, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

Ancestry of “tiȝel”, step by step

tiȝel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English tieġle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtieġle—
2Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
3Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
4Latintegōto cover; to clothe
5Proto-Italictegōcover
6Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Old English tiġele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtiġeletile; brick; tile
2Proto-West Germanic*tigulātile

via Old English tiġle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtiġle—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →