Where does “puzzlepeli” come from?

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

puzzlepeli (Finnish): puzzle game, jigsaw puzzle

Definitions

  1. puzzle game, jigsaw puzzle

Ancestry of “puzzlepeli”, step by step

puzzlepeli 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 puzzle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuzzle—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →