tegel

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) tile

Etymology
From, from , , from , from late , from.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Same as Icelandic, Danish , Old English , English , Middle Low German tegel, German , Latin , a form of (a roof with tiles), relating to Swedish  and. Thus, it was first used for roof tiles, later for wall bricks.

Brick building was introduced in Scandinavia with the cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark (started in the 1170s), and later led to the "Brick Gothic" (Backsteingothik) in Scandinavia and Northern Germany.

Noun

 * 1) brick (burned clay, the material, used for roof tiles and bricks), tiles
 * huset är gjort av tegel
 * the house is made of brick
 * taket är täckt med tegel
 * the roof is covered with (brick, clay) tiles