Where does “ongelmapelaaminen” come from?

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

ongelmapelaaminen (Finnish): problem gambling

Definitions

  1. problem gambling

Ancestry of “ongelmapelaaminen”, step by step

ongelmapelaaminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelaaminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelaaminenplaying
2FinnishpelätäTo fear, dread, be afraid of
3Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
4Middle Low Germanspel—
5Old Saxonspil—
6Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish ongelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishongelmaproblem, trouble; puzzle
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →