Where does “Tafelaufsatz” come from?
Tafelaufsatz (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.
Tafelaufsatz (German): centrepiece, epergne
Ancestry of “Tafelaufsatz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |