Where does “pelivelka” come from?

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

pelivelka (Finnish): gambling debt

Definitions

  1. gambling debt

Ancestry of “pelivelka”, step by step

pelivelka 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 velka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelkadebt
2Proto-Finnicvelkadebt
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →