Where does “talvfólk” come from?

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

talvfólk (Faroese): chessmen

Definitions

  1. chessmen

Ancestry of “talvfólk”, step by step

talvfólk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese talv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesetalvchess
2Old Norsetaflany of a class of ancient Northern European...
3Proto-West Germanic*tabulātable
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via Faroese fólk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesefólkpeople; lineage, dynasty; team
2Old Norsefólkpeople
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā →