Where does “mteule” come from?

mteule (Swahili) comes from Occitan teule, from Old French tiule, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

mteule (Swahili): chosen one, appointee, elect

Definitions

chosen one, appointee, elect

Ancestry of “mteule”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Occitan	teule	roof-tile
2	Old French	tiule	tile
3	Latin	tēgula	a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
4	Latin	tegō	to cover; to clothe
5	Proto-Italic	tegō	cover
6	Proto-Indo-European	(s)teg-	to cover; pole, stick, beam

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