Where does “pelkurimainen” come from?

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

pelkurimainen (Finnish): cowardly

Definitions

  1. cowardly

Ancestry of “pelkurimainen”, step by step

pelkurimainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelkuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelkuricoward
2FinnishpelätäTo fear, dread, be afraid of
3Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
4Middle Low Germanspel—
5Old Saxonspil—
6Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish mainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainenworldly
2Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

Words derived from “pelkurimainen”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →