Where does “nelinpeli” come from?

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

nelinpeli (Finnish): doubles

Definitions

  1. doubles

Ancestry of “nelinpeli”, step by step

nelinpeli 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 neljä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäfour
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour

Words derived from “nelinpeli”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →