Where does “altertavle” come from?

altertavle (Danish) comes from Danish alter, from Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

altertavle (Danish): altarpiece

Definitions

  1. altarpiece

Ancestry of “altertavle”, step by step

altertavle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish alter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishalteraltar, a table or a platform for making...
2Old Norsealtarialtar
3Old Saxonaltari
4Latinaltārealtar, fitting for burnt offerings
5Latinadoleōto emit an odor, smell
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Danish tavle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtavleblackboard, whiteboard, writing board; tablet,...
2Middle Low Germantavele
3Middle Low Germantafele
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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