Where does “tafl” come from?
tafl (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse tafl, from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.
tafl (Icelandic): chess; any of a class of ancient Northern...
Definitions
- chess; any of a class of ancient Northern...
Ancestry of “tafl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | tafl | any of a class of ancient Northern European... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *tabulā | — |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |