Where does “pelitapa” come from?

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

pelitapa (Finnish): style of play, way of playing

Definitions

  1. style of play, way of playing

Ancestry of “pelitapa”, step by step

pelitapa 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 tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →