Where does “tavla” come from?

tavla (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tavla (Serbo-Croatian): tavla; backgammon

Definitions

  1. tavla; backgammon

Ancestry of “tavla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishtavla—
2Italiantavolatable; board, panel, plank, slab; plate
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Italian tavola →