Where does “talv” come from?

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

talv (Faroese): chess

Definitions

  1. chess

Ancestry of “talv”, 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

Words derived from “talv”

Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā →