Where does “pila” come from?

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

pila (Finnish): joke, jest; practical joke, jest

Definitions

  1. joke, jest; practical joke, jest

Ancestry of “pila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishspil—
2Middle Low Germanspilnoun
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “pila”

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