Where does “pilailija” come from?

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

pilailija (Finnish): prankster, jokester

Definitions

  1. prankster, jokester

Ancestry of “pilailija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilaillato joke
2Finnishpilajoke, jest; practical joke, jest
3Old Swedishspil—
4Middle Low Germanspilnoun
5Old Saxonspil—
6Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →