tiili

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • brick construction block
  • brick material
  • tile used mostly of unglazed heavy tiles, such as roof tiles

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish tighl derived from Old Norse tigl derived from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ (tile) derived from Latin tēgula (roof-tile, a roof tile, a tile) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (cover, stick, stake, cover with a roof, pole, roof, rod, beam).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)teg-

Gloss

cover, stick, stake, cover with a roof, pole, roof, rod, beam

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

棒

Emoji
🤭 📔

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