Where does “pilahinta” come from?

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

pilahinta (Finnish): measly price

Definitions

  1. measly price

Ancestry of “pilahinta”, step by step

pilahinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilajoke, jest; practical joke, jest
2Old Swedishspil—
3Middle Low Germanspilnoun
4Old Saxonspil—
5Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish hinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhintaprice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*hinta—
3Proto-Balticśímta—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →