Where does “hiiviskelypeli” come from?

hiiviskelypeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiviskely, from Finnish hiiviskellä, from Finnish hiipiä, from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

hiiviskelypeli (Finnish): stealth game, stealth-based game

Definitions

  1. stealth game, stealth-based game

Ancestry of “hiiviskelypeli”, step by step

hiiviskelypeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiviskely

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiiviskelysneaking, tiptoeing (around)
2FinnishhiiviskelläTo sneak, mouse; To tiptoe
3Finnishhiipiäto sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
4FinnishhiipataSynonym of hiippailla
5Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
6Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
7Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
8Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel
3Old Saxonspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -ätäEvery word from Finnish -tä