Where does “pelialue” come from?

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

pelialue (Finnish): playfield

Definitions

  1. playfield

Ancestry of “pelialue”, step by step

pelialue 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 alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →