Where does “[[tavel]], [[tavele]]” come from?
[[tavel]], [[tavele]] (Middle High German) comes from Old High German [[tavala]], [[tabela]], from Old Italian tavola, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
Ancestry of “[[tavel]], [[tavele]]”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | [[tavala]], [[tabela]] | — |
| 2 | Old Italian | tavola | — |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |