Where does “Schokoladentäfelchen” come from?
Schokoladentäfelchen (German) comes from German Schokoladentafel, 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.
Ancestry of “Schokoladentäfelchen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schokoladentafel | chocolate bar, bar of chocolate, chocolate slab, tablet |
| 2 | German | tafel | inflection of tafeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | tavel | — |
| 4 | Old High German | tavala | — |
| 5 | Old Italian | tavola | — |
| 6 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |