Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “tavel” come from?

tavel (Middle High German) comes from Old High German tavala, from Old Italian tavola, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.

Ancestry of “tavel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantavala—
2Old Italiantavola—
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlā—

Words derived from “tavel”

  • Tafelaufsatz
  • tafelig
  • Ahnentafel
  • Tafel
  • Haustafel
  • Tafelsilber
  • tafelförmig
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →