Where does “taba” come from?

taba (Volapük) comes from Volapük tab, from English table, from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

taba (Volapük): genitive singular of tab

Definitions

genitive singular of tab

Ancestry of “taba”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Volapük	tab	table
2	English	table	Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a...
3	Middle English	table	A table; A level writing surface; Any level...
4	Old French	table	table
5	Latin	tabula	tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
6	Proto-Italic	*taðlā	board

Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Old French table →