Etymograph

English

Zabel

Zabel comes from German Zabel ‘chessboard, playing-board’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *taðlā.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*taðlā‘board’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtabula‘board or plank’
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050zabal
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350zabel
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentZabel‘chessboard, playing-board’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*taðlā‘board’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtabula‘board or plank’
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050zabal
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350zabel
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentZabel‘chessboard, playing-board’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’

tablet, 14 more

through Latin tabula ‘board or plank’

table, tabular, tabula, tablature, 15 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *taðlā / Zabel

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