Where does “taflmaður” come from?

taflmaður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tafl, from Old Norse tafl, from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

taflmaður (Icelandic): a chess piece

Definitions

  1. a chess piece

Ancestry of “taflmaður”, step by step

taflmaður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic tafl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictaflchess; any of a class of ancient Northern...
2Old Norsetaflany of a class of ancient Northern European...
3Proto-West Germanic*tabulātable
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via Icelandic maður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmaðurhuman being, person, humanity, mankind; man,...
2Old Norsemaðrhuman, man, person; degree
3Proto-Germanic*mann-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā →