Where does “țiglărie” come from?
țiglărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian țiglă, from Serbo-Croatian cigla, from German ziegel, from Middle High German ziegel, from Old High German ziegal, from Old High German ziagala, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
țiglărie (Romanian): roof workshop
Definitions
- roof workshop
Ancestry of “țiglărie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | țiglă | tile |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | cigla | brick |
| 3 | German | ziegel | brick |
| 4 | Middle High German | ziegel | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ziegal | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ziagala | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 9 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 10 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |