Where does “ammuntapeli” come from?

ammuntapeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

ammuntapeli (Finnish): shooting game, shooter

Definitions

  1. shooting game, shooter

Ancestry of “ammuntapeli”, step by step

ammuntapeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish ammunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammuntashooting, gunnery; mooing
2FinnishampuaTo shoot
3Proto-Finnicampudakto shoot
4Proto-Finno-Permicampɜ-—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →