An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Ziegel

by Friedrich Kluge

Ziegel, m., ‘brick, tile,’ from the equiv. MidHG. ziegel, OHG. ziagal, m. The word was borrowed in the pre-HG. period, perhaps contemporaneously with Mauer, Pfosten, Spiegel, and Speicher, from Lat. têgula, whence also the Romance cognates, Ital. tegghia, tegola, Fr. tuile; from the same source are derived Du. tegehel, tegel, AS. tigel, E. tile. Tiegel is not a cognate, but a genuine Teut. word, although Lat. tegula and its Romance forms may be used in the sense of Tiegel.