Where does “tavl” come from?

tavl (Danish) comes from Old Norse tafl, from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tavl (Danish): square area on a surface covered with tiles

Definitions

  1. square area on a surface covered with tiles

Ancestry of “tavl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetaflany of a class of ancient Northern European...
2Proto-West Germanic*tabulātable
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā →