Where does “presidenttipeli” come from?
presidenttipeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.
presidenttipeli (Finnish): intrigues, stratagems, moves etc. in order to...
Definitions
- intrigues, stratagems, moves etc. in order to...
Ancestry of “presidenttipeli”, step by step
presidenttipeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish peli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peli | game; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | spel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |
via Finnish presidentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | presidentti | president |
| 2 | Swedish | president | a chairman, presiding member of an assembly, e.g.... |
| 3 | Old French | president | — |
| 4 | Latin | praesidēns | sitting before or in front of |