Where does “nevetavl” come from?

nevetavl (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse hnefatafl, from Old Norse tafl, from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

nevetavl (Norwegian Nynorsk): hnefatafl a Northern European board game known from the Viking Age

Definitions

  1. hnefatafl a Northern European board game known from the Viking Age

Ancestry of “nevetavl”, step by step

nevetavl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse hnefatafl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehnefatafl—
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 Norwegian Nynorsk neve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsknevea fist
2Old Norsehnefi—
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā →