Where does “pulmapeli” come from?

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

pulmapeli (Finnish): puzzle game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete

Definitions

  1. puzzle game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete

Ancestry of “pulmapeli”, step by step

pulmapeli 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 pulma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulmatrouble, problem; dilemma, conundrum; puzzle,...
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spilEvery word from Old Saxon spilEvery word from Middle Low German spel