Where does “drukspil” come from?

drukspil (Danish) comes from Danish spil, from Middle Low German spil, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

drukspil (Danish): drinking game

Definitions

  1. drinking game

Ancestry of “drukspil”, step by step

drukspil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish spil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishspilA game; A box of equipment and such used for a...
2Middle Low Germanspilnoun
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Danish druk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdrukregular consumption of alcoholic beverages in large quantities
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