shingle
‘thin piece of wood’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. scincle, schyngil, shyngul(l), single < O.E. scincle, scingul < La.Lat. scindula < Lat. scandula ‘roof tile’ < scindere ‘to cut, rend, tear asunder, split; split up, part, divide, separate’ < shing < skind- < skei- < Tamil kappu