Where does “pelikonsoli” come from?

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

pelikonsoli (Finnish): game console, video game console

Definitions

  1. game console, video game console

Ancestry of “pelikonsoli”, step by step

pelikonsoli 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 konsoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonsoliconsole
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →