Where does “lekkeripeli” come from?

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

lekkeripeli (Finnish): a joke, something worthless

Definitions

  1. a joke, something worthless

Ancestry of “lekkeripeli”, step by step

lekkeripeli 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 lekkeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlekkeri—
2Middle Low Germanlecher—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →