Where does “Pekka-peli” come from?
Pekka-peli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pekka, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.
Pekka-peli (Finnish): A children's card game similar to Old Maid / old maid, in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "Pekka" ("Old Maid" in the English/American game)
Definitions
- A children's card game similar to Old Maid / old maid, in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "Pekka" ("Old Maid" in the English/American game)
Ancestry of “Pekka-peli”, step by step
Pekka-peli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.