Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc. · A rectangular graphic. · Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. · A stiff hat.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin tēgulabor. Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ Proto-West Germanic *tigulā Old English tiġele Middle English tile English tile From Middle English tile, tyl, tigel, tiȝel, teȝele, from Old English tiġele, tieġle, tiġle (“tile, brick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā (“tile, brick”), from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ (“tile, brick”), from Latin tēgula, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Doublet of tegula. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tichel (“tile”), Dutch tichel (“brick”), tegel (“tile”), German Ziegel (“brick, roof tile”), Luxembourgish Zill (“brick, tile”), Danish tegl (“brick”), Faroese tigul (“tile”), Icelandic tigl (“brick, tile”), Norwegian Nynorsk tegl (“brick, roof tile”), Swedish tegel (“brick, tile”), Asturian teya (“tile”), Catalan teula (“tile”), French tuile (“tile”), Galician telha, tella (“roof tile”), Italian tegola (“roof tile”), Mirandese teilha (“roof tile”), Portuguese telha (“roof tile”), Spanish teja (“roof tile”), Belarusian цэ́гла (céhla, “brick”), Czech cihla (“brick”), Polish cegła (“brick”), Serbo-Croatian cígla (“brick”), Ukrainian це́гла (céhla, “brick”), Finnish tiili (“brick, tile”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiontile,tyl,tigel,tiȝel,teȝeleenm
- Inherited-form mentiontiġele,tieġle,tiġleang
- Inherited-form mention*tigulāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*tigulǭgem-pro
- Derivation mentiontēgulala
- Derivation mention*(s)teg-ine-pro · to cover
- Doublet mentiontegulaen
- Cognate mentionTichelstq · tile
- Cognate mentiontichelnl · brick
- Cognate mentionZiegelde · brick, roof tile
- Cognate mentionZilllb · brick, tile
- Cognate mentionteglda · brick
- Cognate mentiontigulfo · tile
- Cognate mentiontiglis · brick, tile
- Cognate mentionteglnn · brick, roof tile
- Cognate mentiontegelsv · brick, tile
- Cognate mentionteyaast · tile
- Cognate mentionteulaca · tile
- Cognate mentiontuilefr · tile
- Cognate mentiontelhagl
- Cognate mentiontegolait · roof tile
- Cognate mentionteilhamwl · roof tile
- Cognate mentiontelhapt · roof tile
- Cognate mentiontejaes · roof tile
- Cognate mentionцэ́глаbe · brick
- Cognate mentioncihlacs · brick
- Cognate mentioncegłapl · brick
- Cognate mentioncíglash · brick
- Cognate mentionце́глаuk · brick
- Cognate mentiontiilifi · brick, tile
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