Where does “ampumapeli” come from?

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

ampumapeli (Finnish): shooting game

Definitions

  1. shooting game

Ancestry of “ampumapeli”, step by step

ampumapeli 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 ampua

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