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
Ancestry of “peluu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pelätä | To fear, dread, be afraid of |
| 2 | Finnish | peli | game; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spel | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |