Where does “intiaanileikki” come from?

intiaanileikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish intiaani, from Swedish indian, from Spanish indiano — Indian; having returned to Europe from the...

intiaanileikki (Finnish): a children's game revolving around Indians Native Americans

Definitions

  1. a children's game revolving around Indians Native Americans

Ancestry of “intiaanileikki”, step by step

intiaanileikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish intiaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishintiaaniNative American, Amerindian, Indian
2SwedishindianIndian, American Indian member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas
3SpanishindianoIndian; having returned to Europe from the...

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Spanish indiano →Every word from Swedish indian →Every word from Finnish intiaani →