Where does “pihaleikki” come from?

pihaleikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikki, from Old Swedish leker.

pihaleikki (Finnish): a children's game played outside on the yard

Definitions

  1. a children's game played outside on the yard

Ancestry of “pihaleikki”, step by step

pihaleikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—

via Finnish piha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihayard; at sea
2Proto-Finnicpihayard
Every word from Old Swedish leker →Every word from Finnish leikki →