Where does “pilailuväline” come from?

pilailuväline (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilailu, 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.

pilailuväline (Finnish): (piece of) prank equipment, prank item

Definitions

  1. (piece of) prank equipment, prank item

Ancestry of “pilailuväline”, step by step

pilailuväline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilailujoking, kidding
2Finnishpilaillato joke
3Finnishpilajoke, jest; practical joke, jest
4Old Swedishspil—
5Middle Low Germanspilnoun
6Old Saxonspil—
7Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish väline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälinetool, means, implement
2Finnishväli-mid-, middle-, intermediate, inter-
3Finnishväligap, space; interval; distance
4Proto-Finnicvälji—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →