Where does “juomapeli” come from?

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

juomapeli (Finnish): drinking game

Definitions

  1. drinking game

Ancestry of “juomapeli”, step by step

juomapeli 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 juoda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuodato drink
2Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
3Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
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