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 (“tile”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɣu.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*tigulǭ f

tile
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: 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