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

problem gambling

Ancestry of “ongelmapelaaminen”, step by step

ongelmapelaaminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelaaminen

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	pelaaminen	playing
2	Finnish	pelätä	To fear, dread, be afraid of
3	Finnish	peli	game; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
4	Middle Low German	spel	—
5	Old Saxon	spil	—
6	Proto-West Germanic	spil	dance; game, exercise

via Finnish ongelma

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	ongelma	problem, trouble; puzzle
2	Finnish	-lma	Forms nouns, mostly from verbs
3	Finnish	-ella	Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4	Proto-Finnic	-eldak	Forms frequentative verbs
5	Proto-Uralic	-le-	—

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