Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tabulā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tabula.

Noun

*tabulā f

1. table
2. tablet, gameboard
3. plank, board

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tabulā
Genitive	*tabulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tabulā	*tabulōn
Accusative	*tabulōn	*tabulōn
Genitive	*tabulōn	*tabulōnō
Dative	*tabulōn	*tabulōm, *tabulum
Instrumental	*tabulōn	*tabulōm, *tabulum

Alternative forms

• *tablā

Descendants

• Old English: tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula
  • Middle English: table, tabel, tabil, tabul, tabyl, tabyle, tabyll, tabulle, tabele, tabill (reinforced by Old French table)
    • English: table (see there for further descendants)
    • Geordie English: tyeble
    • Scots: table
    • → Welsh: tabl
• Old Frisian: tefle, tafle, tafele, tevle, teule, tiōle
  • North Frisian: tafel
• Old Saxon: *tabala, *tafla
  • Middle Low German: tâfel, tâfele, taffle, tafle, taffel, taffele, tafle, tâvel, tavele
    • → Danish: taffel
    • → Estonian: tahvel
    • → Norwegian: taffel
    • → Swedish: taffel
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: wehsitafla
• Old Dutch: tavala
  • Middle Dutch: tâfele, tâvele, taffele, tâfel, tâvel, taffel
    • Dutch: tafel
      • Afrikaans: tafel (see there for further descendants)
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: tafl
      • Jersey Dutch: tâfel
      • Negerhollands: tafel, tavul, tawul, taul, taful, tavl, taefel
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: tavul (dated)
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: tafl
      • → Aukan: tafaa
      • → Saramaccan: táfu
      • → Sranan Tongo: tafra
        • → Lokono: tafolo
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: tafrá
        • → Caribbean Javanese: tafrah, taprah
        • → Kari'na: tapara
        • → Trió: tafra
    • Limburgish: taofel
• Old High German: tafala, tavala, tabela, tabula
  • Middle High German: tavel, tafel, tabele, tofel, davel, dafel
    • Cimbrian: tafl
    • Alemannic German: Taafele
    • German: Tafel
      • → Latvian: tāfele
      • → Swedish: tavla
    • Hunsrik: Daafel
    • Yiddish: טאָוול (tovl)