Where does “pelikenttä” come from?

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

pelikenttä (Finnish): playing field

Definitions

  1. playing field

Ancestry of “pelikenttä”, step by step

pelikenttä 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 kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
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