Where does “biljardipeli” come from?

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

biljardipeli (Finnish): game of billiards, billiard game

Definitions

  1. game of billiards, billiard game

Ancestry of “biljardipeli”, step by step

biljardipeli 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 biljardi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbiljardicardinal...
2Swedishbiljardpool, billiards, snooker
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →