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