Where does “tablët” come from?

tablët (Kashubian) comes from German tablett, from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

tablët (Kashubian): tray, salver

Definitions

  1. tray, salver

Ancestry of “tablët”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantabletttray
2Frenchtablettetablet; bar
3Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
4Old French-etévariant of -té
5Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
6Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Old French -etéEvery word from Old French tablete