Where does “pilailu” come from?

pilailu (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.

pilailu (Finnish): joking, kidding

Definitions

joking, kidding

Ancestry of “pilailu”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	pilailla	to joke
2	Finnish	pila	joke, jest; practical joke, jest
3	Old Swedish	spil	—
4	Middle Low German	spil	noun
5	Old Saxon	spil	—
6	Proto-West Germanic	spil	dance; game, exercise

Words derived from “pilailu”

pilailukauppa
pilailuväline

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