Where does “go-peli” come from?

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

go-peli (Finnish): go board game

Definitions

  1. go board game

Ancestry of “go-peli”, step by step

go-peli 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 go

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgogo game
2Japanese碁go
3Chinese圍棋go
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →