Where does “silmäpeli” come from?

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

silmäpeli (Finnish): eye flirtation

Definitions

  1. eye flirtation

Ancestry of “silmäpeli”, step by step

silmäpeli 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 silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “silmäpeli”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →