Where does “pilailla” come from?
pilailla (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.
pilailla (Finnish): to joke
Ancestry of “pilailla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pila | joke, jest; practical joke, jest |
| 2 | Old Swedish | spil | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spil | noun |
| 4 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |