Where does “Tafelsalz” come from?

Tafelsalz (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.

Tafelsalz (German): common salt (sodium chloride); table salt

Definitions

  1. common salt (sodium chloride); table salt

Ancestry of “Tafelsalz”, step by step

Tafelsalz 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 salz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansalzsalt, table salt, sal
2Middle High Germansalz—
3Old High Germansalz—
4Proto-West Germanicsaltsalty; salt
5Proto-Germanicsaltąsalt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Old Italian tavola →