Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tigulā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

• *tēgulā

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ.

Noun

*tigulā f

1. tile
2. brick

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tigulā
Genitive	*tigulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tigulā	*tigulōn
Accusative	*tigulōn	*tigulōn
Genitive	*tigulōn	*tigulōnō
Dative	*tigulōn	*tigulōm, *tigulum
Instrumental	*tigulōn	*tigulōm, *tigulum

Descendants

• 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)