Where does “lastenleikki” come from?

lastenleikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapsi, from Proto-Finnic lapci, from Proto-Uralic lëpće — cradle.

lastenleikki (Finnish): child's play, cinch, breeze

Definitions

  1. child's play, cinch, breeze

Ancestry of “lastenleikki”, step by step

lastenleikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lëpće →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapci →Every word from Finnish lapsi →