Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “tavle” come from?

tavle (Danish) comes from Middle Low German tavele, from Middle Low German tafele, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.

tavle (Danish): blackboard, whiteboard, writing board; tablet,...

Definitions

  1. blackboard, whiteboard, writing board; tablet,...

Ancestry of “tavle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantavele—
2Middle Low Germantafele—
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlā—

Words derived from “tavle”

  • færdselstavle
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