Where does “pelimatka” come from?

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

pelimatka (Finnish): trip to a game, excursion to a game

Definitions

  1. trip to a game, excursion to a game

Ancestry of “pelimatka”, step by step

pelimatka 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 matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →
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