Where does “seikkailupeli” come from?

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

seikkailupeli (Finnish): adventure game

Definitions

  1. adventure game

Ancestry of “seikkailupeli”, step by step

seikkailupeli 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 seikkailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseikkailuadventure
2FinnishseikkaillaTo adventure
3Finnishseikkathing, matter; circumstance
4Karelianšeikkawork, bustle, chore
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →