Where does “hiekkalaatikkopeli” come from?

hiekkalaatikkopeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiekkalaatikko, from Finnish hiekka, from Finnish hieta, from Ingrian hiki, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa — a place behind.

hiekkalaatikkopeli (Finnish): sandbox game

Definitions

  1. sandbox game

Ancestry of “hiekkalaatikkopeli”, step by step

hiekkalaatikkopeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiekkalaatikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiekkalaatikkosandbox; sandpit; A box filled with sand
2Finnishhiekkasand; gravel, the small kind used to prevent...
3Finnishhietasilt, fine sand
4Ingrianhikisweat
5Finnish-stuaForms translative verbs
6Finnish-staaForms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or...
7Finnishsaalistaato prey, hunt
8FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
9Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
10Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
11Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish peli

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