Where does “leikkihuone” come from?

leikkihuone (Finnish) comes from Finnish huone, from Proto-Finnic hooneh — building; room.

leikkihuone (Finnish): playroom

Definitions

  1. playroom

Ancestry of “leikkihuone”, step by step

leikkihuone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish huone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuoneroom; house; house, hall
2Proto-Finnichoonehbuilding; room

via Finnish leikki

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