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Where does “tafl” come from?

tafl (Old Norse) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.

tafl (Old Norse): any of a class of ancient Northern European...

Definitions

  1. any of a class of ancient Northern European...

Ancestry of “tafl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*tabulā—
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlā—

Words derived from “tafl”

  • deltävling
  • tävla
  • tävling
  • tävlingsbana
  • tävlingsledare
  • tefla
  • tafl
  • tefla
  • talvfólk
  • talv
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →