Where does “pilalaulu” come from?

pilalaulu (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.

pilalaulu (Finnish): parody song, joke song

Definitions

  1. parody song, joke song

Ancestry of “pilalaulu”, step by step

pilalaulu 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 laulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulusong; singing
2Proto-Finniclaulusong
3Proto-Finniclauladakto sing
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →