Where does “pelisilmä” come from?

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

pelisilmä (Finnish): game sense, sense of understanding the situation in a game or sport and making the right decisions

Definitions

  1. game sense, sense of understanding the situation in a game or sport and making the right decisions

Ancestry of “pelisilmä”, step by step

pelisilmä 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 silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spilEvery word from Old Saxon spilEvery word from Middle Low German spel
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