Where does “laululeikki” come from?

laululeikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish laulu, from Proto-Finnic laulu, from Proto-Finnic lauladak — to sing.

laululeikki (Finnish): a children's game or play involving singing

Definitions

  1. a children's game or play involving singing

Ancestry of “laululeikki”, step by step

laululeikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulusong; singing
2Proto-Finniclaulusong
3Proto-Finniclauladakto sing

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Finnic lauladak →