Where does “Schalttafel” come from?

Schalttafel (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.

Schalttafel (German): control panel, switchboard

Definitions

  1. control panel, switchboard

Ancestry of “Schalttafel”, step by step

Schalttafel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tafel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantafelinflection of tafeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germantavel—
3Old High Germantavala—
4Old Italiantavola—
5Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
6Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via German schalten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschaltento switch
2Middle High Germanschalten—
3Old High Germanscaltanto push a ship forward
4Proto-Germanicskaldanąto knock, hit
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