Where does “pelipaita” come from?
pelipaita (Finnish) comes from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.
pelipaita (Finnish): A jersey
Ancestry of “pelipaita”, step by step
pelipaita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish peli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peli | game; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | spel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |
via Finnish paita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paita | shirt; Partitive singular form of pai;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *paita | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | paidō | coat, cloak; smock, tunic, shirt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | baiteh₂- | woolen clothes |