Where does “tabel” come from?

tabel (Danish) comes from Latin tabella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

tabel (Danish): table (grid of data in rows and columns)

Definitions

table (grid of data in rows and columns)

Ancestry of “tabel”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	tabella	small board, table or tablet; plaque, placard,...
2	Latin	-lus	Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3	Proto-Italic	-elos	Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4	Proto-Indo-European	-e-lós	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	-lós	Forms agent nouns from verbal roots

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin tabella →