Where does “moninpeli” come from?

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

moninpeli (Finnish): multiplayer game

Definitions

  1. multiplayer game

Ancestry of “moninpeli”, step by step

moninpeli 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 moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →
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