Where does “peliluola” come from?

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

peliluola (Finnish): gambling den

Definitions

  1. gambling den

Ancestry of “peliluola”, step by step

peliluola 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 luola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluolacave; cavern; grotto
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →