Where does “seiskapeli” come from?

seiskapeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish seiska, from Finnish seitsemän, from Proto-Finnic säic'en, from Proto-Uralic *ćäjćemä — seven.

seiskapeli (Finnish): game seven final game of a best of seven series

Definitions

  1. game seven final game of a best of seven series

Ancestry of “seiskapeli”, step by step

seiskapeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seiska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseiskathe digit seven; seventh; anything distinguished...
2Finnishseitsemänseven
3Proto-Finnicsäic'enseven
4Proto-Uralic*ćäjćemäseven

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Uralic *ćäjćemä →Every word from Proto-Finnic säic'en →Every word from Finnish seitsemän →