Where does “platformspil” come from?

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

platformspil (Danish): A platform game; indefinite plural of...

Definitions

  1. A platform game; indefinite plural of...

Ancestry of “platformspil”, step by step

platformspil 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 platform

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishplatformplatform
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spilEvery word from Old Saxon spilEvery word from Middle Low German spil
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