Where does “pudotuspeli” come from?

pudotuspeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

pudotuspeli (Finnish): playoff

Definitions

  1. playoff

Ancestry of “pudotuspeli”, step by step

pudotuspeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish pudotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpudotusfall; act of dropping; dropdown
2FinnishpudottaaTo drop
3Finnishpudotato fall (from an elevated position); to fall down, fall off; to drop, slip
4Proto-Finnicpudot'akto fall off
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →
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