Where does “tavla” come from?
tavla (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.
tavla (Serbo-Croatian): tavla; backgammon
Ancestry of “tavla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | tavla | — |
| 2 | Italian | tavola | table; board, panel, plank, slab; plate |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |