Where does “pilasatu” come from?

pilasatu (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.

pilasatu (Finnish): humorous tale, humorous story

Definitions

  1. humorous tale, humorous story

Ancestry of “pilasatu”, step by step

pilasatu 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 Satu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSatufairy tale
2Finnishsatufairy tale; fable; tale
3Finnishsattuato hurt, be sore physically or mentally
4Proto-Finnicsattudakto happen by chance
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →