Where does “tygiel” come from?

tygiel (Polish) comes from German Tiegel, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tygiel (Polish): crucible; melting-pot

Definitions

  1. crucible; melting-pot

Ancestry of “tygiel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tygiel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →