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Where does “cigla” come from?

cigla (Serbo-Croatian) comes 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, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

cigla (Serbo-Croatian): brick

Definitions

  1. brick

Ancestry of “cigla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanziegel—
2Middle High Germanziegel—
3Old High Germanziegal—
4Old High Germanziagala—
5Proto-Germanic*tigulā—
6Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
7Latintēgula—
8Latintegō—
9Proto-Italictegōcover
10Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
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