Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tigulǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tēgula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɣu.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*tigulǭ f

1. tile
2. brick

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *tigulǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tigulǭ	*tigulōniz
vocative	*tigulǭ	*tigulōniz
accusative	*tigulōnų	*tigulōnunz
genitive	*tigulōniz	*tigulōnǫ̂
dative	*tigulōni	*tigulōmaz
instrumental	*tigulōnē	*tigulōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *tigulā, *tēgulā
  • Old English: tigele, tigule, tigle, tiegle, tighele, tygele
    • Middle English: tigel, tighele, teghell, teȝele, tiȝel, tyle, tile
      • English: tile (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: tyl, tild
  • Old Frisian: *tigel, *tichel
    • Saterland Frisian: Tichel
    • West Frisian: tichel, tegel, teil (possibly from Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: tiegla
    • Middle Low German: tēgel, tichel
      • German Low German: Tichel
      • Plautdietsch: Tieejel
  • Old Dutch: tegela
    • Middle Dutch: tigele, tegel, tichel
      • Dutch: tegel, tichel
        • Afrikaans: teël
  • Old High German: ziagala, ziagal
    • Middle High German: ziegel
      • German: Ziegel
        • → Serbo-Croatian: ци́гла (cígla)
      • Hunsrik: Zieghel
      • Luxembourgish: Zill
      • → Czech: cihla
      • → Polish: cegła
        • → Belarusian: цэ́гла (céhla)
        • → Ukrainian: це́гла (céhla)
• Old Norse: tigl
  • Icelandic: tigl
  • Faroese: tigul
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tigl, tegl; (dialectal) tægl
  • Old Swedish: tighl
    • Swedish: tegel
    • → Finnish: tiili
  • Danish: tegl
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tegl
  • Gutnish: tigel, tigul