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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ.
Noun
*tigulā f
- tile
- brick
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*tigulā
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| Genitive
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*tigulōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*tigulā
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*tigulōn
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| Accusative
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*tigulōn
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*tigulōn
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| Genitive
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*tigulōn
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*tigulōnō
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| Dative
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*tigulōn
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*tigulōm, *tigulum
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| Instrumental
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*tigulōn
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*tigulōm, *tigulum
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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
- Old Saxon: tiegla
- Old Dutch: tegela
- Old High German: ziagala, ziagal
- Middle High German: ziegel