Where does “stafatafla” come from?

stafatafla (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic stafur, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- — to stand still; to harden.

stafatafla (Icelandic): character set

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Ancestry of “stafatafla”, step by step

stafatafla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic stafur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstafura letter, a symbol in the alphabet; a stick; a...
2Old Norsestafrstaff
3Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ—
4Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

via Icelandic tafla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictaflatablet, board; pill, tablet; table
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stabaz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ →