Where does “spilfigur” come from?

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

spilfigur (Danish): A figure, especially a character, appearing in a...

Definitions

  1. A figure, especially a character, appearing in a...

Ancestry of “spilfigur”, step by step

spilfigur 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 figur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfigurfigure
2Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
3Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
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