Where does “Schokotafel” come from?

Schokotafel (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.

Schokotafel (German): chocolate bar, bar of chocolate, chocolate slab, tablet

Definitions

  1. chocolate bar, bar of chocolate, chocolate slab, tablet

Ancestry of “Schokotafel”, step by step

Schokotafel 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 Schoko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchoko
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā
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