Where does “pakopeli” come from?

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

pakopeli (Finnish): escape game, escape room game

Definitions

  1. escape game, escape room game

Ancestry of “pakopeli”, step by step

pakopeli 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 pako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakoflight; escape; hole, tear
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w

Words derived from “pakopeli

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