Where does “peliriippuvuus” come from?
peliriippuvuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.
peliriippuvuus (Finnish): gambling addiction
Definitions
- gambling addiction
Ancestry of “peliriippuvuus”, step by step
peliriippuvuus 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 riippuvuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | riippuvuus | dependence; addiction; dependency |
| 2 | Finnish | riippuva | hanging; dependent; Present active participle of... |
| 3 | Finnish | riippua | To hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | rippudak | to hang |