Where does “pelierä” come from?

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

pelierä (Finnish): any subdivision of game time; period, half, round, etc

Definitions

  1. any subdivision of game time; period, half, round, etc

Ancestry of “pelierä”, step by step

pelierä 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 erä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheräbatch; lot; Short for maksuerä
2Proto-Finniceräapart, separate
3Proto-Finno-Ugriceräapart
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →
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