Where does “peluu” come from?

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

peluu (Finnish): playing

Definitions

  1. playing

Ancestry of “peluu”, step by step

peluu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelätä

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

via Finnish uu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuuThe name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest
2LatinU—
3LatinVve
4Etruscan?u

Words derived from “peluu”

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