Where does “tegos” come from?

tegos (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tegos (Proto-Celtic): house, dwelling

Definitions

  1. house, dwelling

Ancestry of “tegos”, step by step

tegos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Proto-Indo-European tegos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantegoscover, roof

Words derived from “tegos

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-
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