Where does “pelikone” come from?

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

pelikone (Finnish): slot machine, gambling machine, gaming machine

Definitions

  1. slot machine, gambling machine, gaming machine

Ancestry of “pelikone”, step by step

pelikone 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 kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →
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