Where does “telarañado” come from?
telarañado (Spanish) comes from Spanish telaraña, from Spanish tela, from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
telarañado (Spanish): covered with spiderwebs
Ancestry of “telarañado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | telaraña | spiderweb |
| 2 | Spanish | tela | cloth, fabric; difficult task; cash, dosh |
| 3 | Old Spanish | tela | — |
| 4 | Latin | tēla | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 8 | Latin | tēgula | — |
| 9 | Latin | tegō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |