Where does “jalkapeli” come from?

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

jalkapeli (Finnish): walking usually in external locative cases

Definitions

  1. walking usually in external locative cases

Ancestry of “jalkapeli”, step by step

jalkapeli 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 jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →