Where does “pelehtiä” come from?

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

pelehtiä (Finnish): to fool around; to play, to play around; to...

Definitions

  1. to fool around; to play, to play around; to...

Ancestry of “pelehtiä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel
3Old Saxonspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spilEvery word from Old Saxon spilEvery word from Middle Low German spel
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