Where does “pelipalvelin” come from?

pelipalvelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish palvelin, from Finnish palvella, from Finnish palvoa, from Proto-Finnic palvodak — to ask for.

pelipalvelin (Finnish): game server

Definitions

  1. game server

Ancestry of “pelipalvelin”, step by step

pelipalvelin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palvelin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvelinserver; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Finnic palvodak →Every word from Finnish palvoa →Every word from Finnish palvella →