Where does “mitalipeli” come from?

mitalipeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitali, from Swedish medalj, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.

mitalipeli (Finnish): medal game one of the games or matches the winners and possibly losers of which win medals

Definitions

  1. medal game one of the games or matches the winners and possibly losers of which win medals

Ancestry of “mitalipeli”, step by step

mitalipeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmitalimedal
2Swedishmedalja medal
3Frenchmédaillemedal
4Italianmedagliamedal; third-person singular present indicative...
5Medieval Latinmedaliahalf a denarius
6Latinmedialianominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative...
7Latinmedialismedial; of or belonging to the middle
8Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
9Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
10Old Latinstlocus
11Proto-Italicstlokos
12Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel
3Old Saxonspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus