Where does “Ortstafel” come from?
Ortstafel (German) comes from German tafel, from Middle High German tavel, from Old High German tavala, from Old Italian tavola, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
Ortstafel (German): place-name sign, town sign, city limit sign
Definitions
- place-name sign, town sign, city limit sign
Ancestry of “Ortstafel”, step by step
Ortstafel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German tafel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tafel | inflection of tafeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | tavel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | tavala | — |
| 4 | Old Italian | tavola | — |
| 5 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via German ort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ort | place, location, point, position |
| 2 | Middle High German | ort | point , corner, end point, boundary, border,... |
| 3 | Old High German | ort | sharp point |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *oʀd | sharp point, spear-point, spear |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uzdaz | sharp point; place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wes- | to dress, clothe |