Where does “toarulle” come from?
toarulle (Swedish) comes from Swedish töa, from Swedish toalett, from French toilette, from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
toarulle (Swedish): a toilet roll
Definitions
- a toilet roll
Ancestry of “toarulle”, step by step
toarulle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish töa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | töa | to thaw; (of ice and snow): to melt off due to warm weather |
| 2 | Swedish | toalett | toilet; bathroom, a room containing a toilet, but... |
| 3 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 4 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 5 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 6 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 7 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 8 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 11 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 12 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via Swedish rulle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rulle | roll; reel; movie |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rolle | — |
| 3 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 5 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 6 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 8 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 9 | French | litre | litre |
| 10 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |