Where does “offentlig toalett” come from?
offentlig toalett (Swedish) comes from Swedish toalett, from French toilette, from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
offentlig toalett (Swedish): a public toilet
Definitions
- a public toilet
Ancestry of “offentlig toalett”, step by step
offentlig toalett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish toalett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | toalett | toilet; bathroom, a room containing a toilet, but... |
| 2 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 3 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 4 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 5 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 6 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 7 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 10 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 11 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via Swedish offentlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | offentlig | public |
| 2 | German | öffentlich | public |
| 3 | German | offen | open; frank, candid; honest, sincere |
| 4 | Middle High German | offen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | offan | open; obvious; clear |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *opan | open |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | upanaz | open |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |