Where does “hippaleikki” come from?

hippaleikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikki, from Old Swedish leker.

hippaleikki (Finnish): game of tag

Definitions

  1. game of tag

Ancestry of “hippaleikki”, step by step

hippaleikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—

via Finnish hippa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhippatag; it
Every word from Old Swedish leker →Every word from Finnish leikki →