Where does “aprillipila” come from?

aprillipila (Finnish) comes from Finnish pila, from Old Swedish spil, from Middle Low German spil, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

aprillipila (Finnish): April fool

Definitions

  1. April fool

Ancestry of “aprillipila”, step by step

aprillipila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilajoke, jest; practical joke, jest
2Old Swedishspil—
3Middle Low Germanspilnoun
4Old Saxonspil—
5Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish aprilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishaprilliApril fool
2SwedishaprilApril
3LatinAprīlisOf April
4Etruscan𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀—
5Ancient GreekἈφροδίτηAphrodite; {{l|en|Aphrodite}}; Venus
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →