Where does “ציגל” come from?
ציגל (Yiddish) comes 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, from Proto-Italic tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
ציגל (Yiddish): Diminutive of ציג
Ancestry of “ציגל”, step by step