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.
talvfólk (Faroese): chessmen
Ancestry of “talvfólk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Faroese | talv | chess |
| 2 | Old Norse | tafl | any of a class of ancient Northern European... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *tabulā | — |
| 4 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |