Where does “leikkilaulu” come from?

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

leikkilaulu (Finnish): play song; a song used in a children's game

Definitions

  1. play song; a song used in a children's game

Ancestry of “leikkilaulu”, step by step

leikkilaulu 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 →