Where does “tavle” come from?
tavle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.
tavle (Norwegian Bokmål): a board; a tablet
Ancestry of “tavle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |