Where does “jääkiekkopeli” come from?

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

jääkiekkopeli (Finnish): ice hockey match, ice hockey game

Definitions

  1. ice hockey match, ice hockey game

Ancestry of “jääkiekkopeli”, step by step

jääkiekkopeli 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 jääkiekko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjääkiekkoIce hockey; The puck with which ice hockey is...
2Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
3Proto-Finnicjääice
4Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →