Where does “pilalehti” come from?

pilalehti (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.

pilalehti (Finnish): satirical magazine

Definitions

  1. satirical magazine

Ancestry of “pilalehti”, step by step

pilalehti 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 Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →